Michael Shanks Quotes

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

It's always my biggest insecurity - disappointing myself or my partner.

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.

To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you.

You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings.

The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things... I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'

I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun.

Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?

I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.

I'm not that type of guy that says, 'No, I think I deserve more.'

It's no big deal if I disappoint strangers.

I have worked really hard to get to where I am, and I like it when I read praise, and I get upset when I read bad messages. It's all part of being human.

Letting goals in doesn't look great to myself.

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?

It’s not about what you said. It’s not about what you did. It’s not about what you love. It’s about them feeling bad about themselves.

Remember, frustration is out of expectation, and ego is always expecting. The ego is a beggar.

Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.

You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address.