Robert E. Lane Quotes

It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether you have a sex change operation for that matter, that it doesn't matter, that there is some part of ourselves that we cannot escape.

I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.

Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.

MS doesn't define who I am.

I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.

I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a person.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

I see myself as what I'm worth.

The only opinion that really affects me is my own opinion of myself because I determine the way I am, not anyone else.

At the end of the day, the way I go about it is don't let somebody else's opinion of you define who you are. Don't let other people's thoughts or whatever it is be true.

I don't really consider myself a stud.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.