Jeff Buckley Quotes

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

I don't know anyone who hasn't woken up one morning, one day in their life and wish they were someone else, or wish they could do something or wish they were capable of something.

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

I was a milksop as a kid. I had no confidence, no guts. I felt I was going to be someone else someday - someone who didn't have my weaknesses.

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.

I spend so much time hoping things for myself.

I feel this emptiness in me, like I still got something to prove and I still got so much stuff to work on in my game.

I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.

One can always improve, but I know my strengths and I know that I am complete.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.

I have a lot of insecurities, but you learn from your failures.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

No one has a resume that they are 100% comfortable with, nor does anyone have a life that they are 100% comfortable with.