Sue Perkins Quotes

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

I've criticized myself over the years.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.

I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?'

Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?

I'm not good at watching myself.