Alan Cohen Quotes

I do feel that I myself wouldn't have had, in my life looking back, the courage to go out and say, 'I'm a good actress.' So I think I'm one of those people that needed to be seen by someone else to see myself.

It helps to even look in the mirror - and it sounds so cheesy - but if you just look in the mirror and say, 'You are beautiful,' and 'You are worthy,' those things really help you.

Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'

Confidence is a reduction of your own interest in whether others are thinking about you and if so, what they're thinking.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.

Do not allow yourselves to be made to feel inadequate or frustrated because you cannot do everything others seem to be accomplishing. Only you and your Father in Heaven know your needs, strengths, and desires. Around this knowledge your personal course must be charted and your choices made.

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

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.

Don't let negative people determine your self-worth.

Today, decide not to speak negatively about yourself. When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God’s very own creation.

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe.

Remind yourself, in whatever way is personally meaningful, that it is not in your best interest to reinforce thoughts and feelings of unworthiness. Even if you've already taken the bait and feel the familiar pull of self-denigration, marshal your intelligence, courage, and humor in order to turn the tide. Ask yourself: Do I want to strengthen what I'm feeling now? Do I want to cut myself off from my basic goodness? Remind yourself that your fundamental nature is unconditionally open and free.

The main thing you can change is how you perceive yourself. Stop looking in the mirror and realize that youre living for yourself, not other people.

I don't believe I'm bad, and I do believe I'm good.

Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

Resist the temptation to compare yourself to others. This is crucial in order to be able to manifest whatever you want.

There was a time when I was way too reliant upon other people's opinions and perspective of me. And I guess over time came to see how unhealthy that was. I mean it's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers.

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.

Don't believe what anyone tells you about yourself.

Recognize that whether you are worthy or not is all a made-up 'story'...Nothing has meaning except for the meaning we give it...There's no one who comes around and stamps you 'worthy' or 'unworthy'. You do that. You make it up. You decide it...If you say you're worthy, you are. If you say you're not worthy, you're not. Either way you will live into your story.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.