Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Self Perception Quotes
ClarityDedicationIdentityProfessionSelf-Perception I view myself still as a director. That's what I do.
FamilyHumorIdentityNamesSelf-Perception Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.
ControlInfluencePowerSelf-PerceptionVulnerability The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
Human NatureSelf-Perception If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.
Emotional StruggleMental HealthSelf-PerceptionSupport System Everybody who cares about me wants me to do therapy, but I just can't do therapy.
BeliefComplimentsGender DynamicsManipulationSelf-Perception A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
DivinityHumanityLimitationSelf-Perception The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.
CreativityHumilityIdentityIntelligenceSelf-Perception We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'
AspirationHumorImaginationSelf-Perception I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.
IdentityMedia InfluenceSelf-PerceptionStereotypes I am so stereotyped into being this Hollywood girl.
Ageing GracefullyAgingAppearanceSelf-AcceptanceSelf-Perception Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
EmpowermentEqualityGender RolesSelf-PerceptionStrength Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.
Cultural InfluenceHockeyIdentitySelf-PerceptionSocial Status In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.
ProblemSelf-IdentitySelf-Perception Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
ConnectionExternal OpinionSelf-PerceptionVulnerability When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.
AspirationDivinityHumilitySelf-PerceptionTalent If I had any talent that God could give me, I would be a great diva.
ChangeCultural InfluenceHumorIdentitySelf-Perception As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.
Emotional IntensityRelationshipsSelf-Perception It's either love or hate with me. People really can hate me.
ConfidenceEmpowermentImpactPotentialSelf-Perception I thought I couldn't make a difference because I was too small.
Cultural StereotypesIdentityPrejudiceSelf-Perception Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.
AchievementDisciplineHumorLifestyleSelf-Perception I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'
