Shawn Amos Quotes

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.

I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

I can live with myself.

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

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.

'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

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

Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves.

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.

Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.

Self-care is the number one solution to helping somebody else. If you are being good to yourself and your body and your psyche, that that serves other people better because you will grow strong enough to life someone else up.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.