James Purefoy Quotes

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.

My biggest opponent was 'me.'

Sometimes it’s a sort of indulgence to think the worst of ourselves. We say, ‘Now I have reached the bottom of the pit, now I can fall no further,’ and it is almost a pleasure to wallow in the darkness. The trouble is, it’s not true. There is no end to the evil in ourselves, just as there is no end to the good. It’s a matter of choice. We struggle to climb, or we struggle to fall. The thing is to discover which way we’re going.

Get out of your own way. Often, we're our own worst enemy when working towards our goals.

I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.

I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

The honest truth is - and I have felt this way forever - is my largest competitor is myself. Always. I am intimidated by my own hang-ups about acting more so than anything, any part, any director.

I am my best enemy.

Like a lot of people, I've got a self-loathing streak that's alive and well. It acts as a de facto engine when I'm working, but it also has its extraordinary pitfalls, too.

I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.

The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.

You would not hang out with people that talk to you the way you talk to yourself. So get out of your head! Your feelings! Your feelings are screwing you! I don't care how you feel! I care about what you want! And if you listen to how you feel, when it comes to what you want - you will not get it. Because you will never feel like it.

The only person holding you back is you.

The thing you have to be on guard against, more than anything, is self-sabotage. You have to make sure you're not your own worst enemy.

I get in my own way a lot. I feel a lot more confident than I... am.

When I was young, even though I received so much love, I used to pay attention to people who disliked me. That's why my lyrics were so sharp and dark.

I think my worst enemy was myself. It's like I've been in my own way more than anybody else has been.

I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want to do that anymore. It's not even that I don't like it anymore: it's that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.