L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

Shut off the internal bashing.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.

I'm sorry to myself, for treating me worse than I would anybody else.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence.

We can be so hard on ourselves. And other people can, too - there's so much criticism out there!

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

I had a friend who said, "You don't have an internal critic. You have an internal sadist."

The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is loving myself 100%. And that's still a battle. I love myself, but sometimes you can be your own worst enemy. And I think I've been my worst enemy in life, because others haven't been able to do anything to me unless I allowed them to do it.

Stop shoulding on yourself

I fail enough and I beat myself up enough. I don't need anybody else to do it for me.

Nobody could ever say as many terrible things to me as I say to myself.

Who’s gonna make you happy when you’re your own worst enemy?

I'm crap and a fatty.

Who taught you to hate yourself?

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why berate yourself for not achieving the impossible?

Comparison is an act of violence against the self.

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.

I don't get along much with myself.

It doesn't matter how many people say 'well, everyone makes mistakes Ricky, you've had a great career you should be proud of yourself' but that doesn't mean much compared to what goes on between my ears.

I feel like I'm quite harsh on myself.