Sharmila Tagore Quotes

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

I thought, 'O.K., if I'm a valuable person and an independent entity, then I don't have to worry about what people think of me. I can reach out now.'

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best, you've done well enough.

I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being.

The only person I've got to prove to is myself.

I do not want to give my power, my self-esteem, or my autonomy, to any person, place, or thing outside myself... The only thing that matters is how I feel about myself, my personal integrity, and my relationship with my Creator.

I don't need to be liked.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute level that you are a complete person on your own.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need the approval of people. I don't need people to think I'm intelligent. And I'm not that intelligent.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.

Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.

Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?