Tiffany Thornton Quotes

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.

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.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

I was actually picked on as a kid. I guess in high school it started to change for me. I guess being picked on made a lasting impression on me so I never - whenever somebody calls me handsome or anything like that, I never take it for granted. I appreciate it every time I hear it, so it's never something that gets old.

Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

What I've found is that every time you have that uncertainty, if you face it, walk through it, you grow as an individual and gain confidence.

At times when you transform yourself and when you've opened too much, you tend to doubt how you're going to face it, how you're going to react to a situation, so it's important that you believe yourself.

I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.

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

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I can live with myself.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

You have to get over being shy, and just be comfortable with yourself, and I think that for me, if I'd stayed in a small town, I'd be a different person.

I am getting better at facing the bouncers, as I know opposition tries to use those as a weapon against me. Yet, no one is perfect, and he takes time to master a particular thing.

I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good experience.