George Eliot Quotes

I wasn't always this introverted.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.

I still see myself as young, the same guy I was before I ever won the Heisman. Hopefully my friends still feel I'm the same way. I just want people to know I'm still the same person I've always been.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

I don't think I've become arrogant. I'm pretty much the same person. I think the world has changed. I think I'm pretty consistent. Because you stick to what you believe does not make you arrogant.

…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves.

If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

Am I sounding better or am I just getting used to my voice?

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

I always feel like I'm so boring, but I don't get bored with me.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.