Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

My father has this expression that you have to be able to look yourself in the eyes in the mirror, you know, and know that you're a good person. If that's true and you feel good about yourself then that's all that matters no matter what other people's perceptions are.

I care a lot about what my girlfriend thinks, and my friends, but ultimately it's me in the mirror. I just want to be proud of what I do.

You have to know that as long as you love who you are - your morals, your values, that type of stuff - you're OK.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.

I don't know what story y'all trying to get out of me. I don't know what image y'all trying to portray of me. But it don't matter what y'all think, what y'all say about me because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face - my family that I love, that's all that really matter to me.

Deep down inside, I know I'm a very good person.

You must never lower yourself to being a person you don't like.

I've always told Will, you can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be OK.

I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and that's all that matters.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.

Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you.

I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.

A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't.

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

Just stay true to yourself and true to wut you believe.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

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.