Ron Perlman Quotes

I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'

I really don't care that I'm ranked.

I was always - and I have no idea where it came from - a confident boy. And when I look at how I've lived my life that's how I've lived it.

I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself.

I want people to think about what I have achieved and not what I look like.

I couldn't care what people are saying or not saying because I have my own life. I know who I am, I know who is Joanna Jedrzecjzyk. And I know who I want to be.

People always say that I'm just a beautiful face. So immediately, I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be recognized to be more than that.

I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

Don't let what others think or say get in your way; their actions reflect on them, not you.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

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.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

A man is always better than he thinks.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.