Alex Sharp Quotes

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin.

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

I've gotten to the point where I've gotten comfortable with my awkwardness.

I think once I kind of got to a place of self-acceptance, looking past all the insecurities that I have, I've really grown so much as a person.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

As I get older, I'm more comfortable in my skin.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I've gradually grown more comfortable with who I am and what I am.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

I can live with myself.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship.