Evelyn Waugh Quotes

The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

I'll always just be stupid boy, and I'm happy with that.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm.

They're just opinions, what people say about you. None of that stuff's true. The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.

Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

That's the biggest thing to separate - your body from your self worth.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.

MS doesn't define who I am.

Ego is good.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.

Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.