Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

My self encompasses a lot of different things.

What you believe yourself to be, you are.

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.

We do. Or re-create the ones we have, and project. My whole life is projection.

I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.

Нou're always in constant dialogue with your interior self versus your exterior self: how you look, and how you're perceived, and then people's preconceived notions of you.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

People have different impressions of themselves, and where reality lies is somewhere in between.

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

There's nothing harder than defining oneself.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

I've always been fascinated by this idea of who we are versus who we want to be.

I'm not what I make.

It's hard for me to label myself or characterize myself.

What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.