Self Perception Quotes

"Secretly, we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be" "Every day we choose who we are by how we define ourselves. " "I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. " "People are always far more interested in themselves than in anyone else. Your book will most probably interest them if it helps them see themselves in a new light" "The self thus becomes aware of itself only by its opposition to another self " "Self-esteem comes from who you are and what you do is secondary " "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." "It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation." "I don't see myself as a normal person, frankly" "I see myself as an innovator and a creative person." "The desire to not meet expectations may be the only expectation we silently cherish " "In the end, it's not about who you are. It's about who you think you are." "Loneliness does not come about because people isolate themselves but because they feel they are fundamentally different from everyone else." "People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories" "Humility is the proper estimate of oneself." "I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself" "The individual who perceives oppressive emotional states in himself and is able to verbalize them in a style congruent with the semantic impact of archetypal-imagery shifts the balance of integrative power within himself from the unconscious to the ego." "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms " "You’re not afraid of failing. You’re afraid of what other people will think of you if you fail. But if you’re afraid of that, imagine what they think of you when you aren’t even trying. Oh yea, they aren’t." "The amount of erotic desire we feel has less to do with models of attractiveness and more to do with how willing we are to take risks."