Tom Sizemore Quotes

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

My personality doesn't interest me.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself.

Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Everybody eventually discovers that they are an individual with the power to affect their own lives and make it better or not.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.

Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.

The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

I'm not that tough; I'm not that smart. I need life telling me who I am, showing me my mind constantly. I wouldn't see it in a cave.