Myself Quotes

My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective.

~ Mother Angelica

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.

~ Trisha Yearwood

I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if I was going to make music that mattered. I knew I was going to have to learn how to be honest.

~ John Grant

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it.

~ Sarah Mclachlan

I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.

~ Ron Perlman

I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer.

~ Sandra Cisneros

When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

~ Laura Fraser

I really love to ride my motorcycle. When I want to just get away and be by myself and clear my head, that's what I do.

~ Kyle Chandler

I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What's wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

~ Johnny Weir

Drawing is the only thing I've found in which I can lose myself completely. I love it. It started as something that relaxed me, but now it's a struggle because I'm pushing myself. The day-to-day sketching is fraught.

~ Peter Capaldi

I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.

~ Barry Williams

I don't stress myself about my looks. I love to laugh. I like being able to lead an interesting life.

~ Monica Bellucci

I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it is.' I walk into a situation knowing that people are either going to love me or they're not, and that's OK. I'm just going to be me. You can't be everything to everyone.

~ Nene Leakes

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

~ Henri Nouwen

I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.

~ Eric Mccormack

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

~ Kristin Armstrong

I can only speak for my husband and myself, but we don't feel like we could do any of this parenting without our faith.

~ Jodi Benson

Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard.

~ Sarah Clarke

I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork.

~ Ashley Olsen

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

~ John Krasinski

What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I don't really find happiness within materialistic things. Like, it's cool if I can buy myself a new car, and I think it's amazing for a week, but then the thrill is over, and I'm like, 'Oh, so I guess that wasn't really happiness.'

~ Kylie Jenner

I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.

~ Lance Gross

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

~ Paul Walker

When I first arrived in Baghdad in January 2003, I thought I would soon rent a house and envisioned myself swimming in the Tigris to cool off after reporting in the city the caliphs called Madinit al-Salam, the City of Peace. A year later, I realized I wouldn't be taking any midnight dips - Madinat al-Salam no more.

~ Richard Engel

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

~ Seann William Scott

I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being too noticeable.

~ Julianne Moore

When I was doing 'Smile,' I was looking back at pictures of myself and going, 'Thank goodness I couldn't do the sprayed-bangs thing! Everybody's so embarrassed by that hairstyle now, but I was never cool enough to pull it off!'

~ Raina Telgemeier

The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.

~ Kid Cudi

I wasn't the cool kid in school, but I wasn't the lame one. I knew I wasn't cool, so I called myself lame, and that's what made me cool in front of the cool kids.

~ Astro

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

~ Jeff Bridges

The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?

~ Orlando Bloom

I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.

~ Queen Latifah

I remember telling myself when I got to start having artist opportunities, 'Let yourself be a fan, because you are. The minute that you walk in a room with Carrie Underwood, and you're too cool to freak out, you need to check yourself.' I just let myself be a fan.

~ Kelsea Ballerini

I would be lying if I said it wasn't cool to see myself on the cover of 'Vanity Fair,' right? It's, like, what am I doing there? This is bizarre.

~ Megyn Kelly

I love being in the studio. Expressing myself that way is really cool.

~ Keke Palmer

I just worry about myself. I'm just gonna be me and do me. If people appreciate it, cool. If not, I'm gonna still be me.

~ Robbie Lawler

I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it's so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I've learned to discipline myself.

~ E. L. Doctorow

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.

~ Fergie

I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom.

~ Laura Prepon

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

~ Ben Hopkins