Miranda Otto Quotes

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.

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

Contrary to the image of a neurotic man created in some quarters, I feel very much at peace with myself.

I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human being' not a 'human doing', but I'm a human doing, very much so.

I took the decision that everything I would post would be positive. If you say, 'Ahh, I feel terrible today,' and you spread that to the eyes and ears of millions of people, that's not good.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

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.

Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.

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.

A lot of people are afraid to face themselves, especially when something goes wrong. But that's important, because if something happens within a relationship, it could be how you're allowing someone else to treat you.

I can live with myself.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.

We just cannot worry about ourselves.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

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

We can still do good for others and do good for ourselves. I would wither and die, truthfully. I need to be somewhere where the light's on me.

I always feel like I'm so boring, but I don't get bored with me.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

How we feel about ourselves as we read the newspaper, set the table, wash the dishes, recycle the trash and wash our clothes... is essential to our overall happiness and well-being.

You need to feed yourself with emotions and life or you'll become empty.