Lauren Kate Quotes

…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves.

I think I'm better than all the people who are trying to reform me.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.

People see us as no better than we are.

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I'm not what I'd like to be.

The treatment you permit reveals the portrait you have of yourself.

When people get more me, they'll hate me.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I don't think I'm boring.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I'm not that interesting!

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.