Madonna Ciccone Quotes

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

All the work I do is personal, so the good stuff and the bad stuff that you see in there is all good stuff and bad stuff that I have, and part of the journey, for me, has been to embrace these things that I find embarrassing about myself: my stubbornness, my ego, my maudlin-ness - these things that I see myself do, and I go, 'Oh, David, stop that!'

I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

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

I can live with myself.

We're all the harshest judges of ourselves.

I know I'm not perfect.

I don't see in myself any perfection.

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

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

Neither blame or praise yourself.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

When I look back, I don't have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I'm definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I'm trying very hard not to be that.

And I had this big, long list of what I wanted in a guy but I realized I didn't stack up to the list myself.

It's important to have an examined life - but it's a fine line between having an examined life and being hypercritical of oneself. There has to be balance in there somewhere.

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.