Jerry B. Jenkins Quotes

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago.

The world is what you think of it. So think of it differently, and your life will change.

Children have limited power to shape their own lives, but when they can experiment with possibilities through books, their optimism can be recharged and kept alive.

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

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of 'Johnny' and how he so successfully staged this takeover of 'Michael Pennington.' 'Johnny' is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I'm not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around.

I used desperately to want to be a brooding hero from literature, but I'm optimistic, healthy and fair-haired.

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

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.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.

As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only if approached with the right attitude.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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.

Although men are accused of not knowing their weakness, yet perhaps as few know their strength.

We all wait for a mirror to show us who we are, to validate us. When we hear something about ourselves that we have never heard before, it feels like a blessing, and it gives power.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

I guess I've kind of had an attitude my whole life.

Perhaps I'm just over-sensitive.

It's critical to be able to see things in other people that sometimes they don't see in themselves.

For me personally, I just don't have anything to prove anymore. I know exactly who I am, I know that I'm intelligent and acting dumb or acting like whatever. If that's funny to me because I know it's false then so be it.

It warms my heart, no doubt, to inspire people. In reality, people see in others what they want to see in themselves.

I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.

I'm better than you think. I'm even better than I think I am.

What you feel is wrong or missing in your relationships is an indication that something is amiss within you.