See Themselves Quotes

#1. Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we vegans who have made them aware of what they are doing. Often this is discomforting.

Carol J. Adams

#2. But things change, of course, and so do the ways in which people see themselves.

Julia Glass

#3. With this in mind, it is not inconceivable to say that there are people alive today who will live long enough to see their selves stored in silicon and thus, by extension, see themselves live forever.

Steven Kotler

#4. Christ quickens none but the dead. Why do not the papists attain to this grace of justification? They never see themselves wholly dead, but join some life to the natural estate of man. Therefore Christ quickens them not.

Richard Sibbes

#5. Nobody sees any one as he is, let alone an elderly lady sitting opposite a strange young man in a railway carriage. They see a whole
they see all sorts of things
they see themselves ...

Virginia Woolf

#6. The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don't necessarily see themselves as villains. Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He's doing what he needs to do.

Adrian Hodges

#7. Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you.

Zadie Smith

#8. I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.

Sandra Oh

#9. I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.

Leila Janah

#10. Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

Ronald Wright

#11. I loved the idea of doing a love story with people over the age of 60 and a film that will hopefully give so many of the audience a chance to see themselves on the screen.

Shirley Maclaine

#12. In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being superior to those who have to work for it.

Sally Wentworth

#13. Help people see themselves in your future vision to motivate them to help make change happen.

James Kerr

#14. Boys must find ways to compete and see themselves as performing well. If they do not, if society does not provide them with these opportunities, they'll compete against society itself, abusing their community and themselves.

Michael Gurian

#15. Your words become the mirror in which others see themselves.

Sharon Jaynes

#16. Global is a unifying bond for people. Once they get outside their own heads and their own communities and see themselves in a broader framework, it really changes their sense of what they can get done. It all adds up for us.

Kathy Calvin

#17. They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

John Murray

#18. I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

Karen Kingsbury

#19. Every child deserves to see themselves in stories they can enjoy, but it isn't the place of white people to decide how and why those stories are created and marketed.

Jennifer Armintrout

#20. Villains are fun. I think the important thing in playing them is that they don't see themselves as villains. It lets you be a little more expansive.

Rhys Ifans

#21. Managers must see themselves as experimenters who lead learning, not dictators who impose control.

Peter R. Scholtes

#22. If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

Oscar Isaac

#23. 'Instructions Not Included' is proving that there is a huge Latin market that needs a special project. They love seeing their own people; they want to see themselves onscreen. In my case, I know them pretty well. I know what they laugh at. I think it's going to open a lot of doors, this movie.

Eugenio Derbez

#24. Besides, what is pretty, anyway?" she continues. "Eyes? What does the color matter, as long as the ones you love can see themselves shining there? A mouth? Wide or narrow, so long as it speaks the truth.

Shirley Russak Wachtel

#25. People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

Alfie Kohn

#26. And if people can see themselves for who they really are, they will know that every person has a dark side!~ Aarush Kashyap

Kirtida Gautam

#27. People naturally see themselves in the light of their intentions, but they measure others according to their actions.

John C. Maxwell

#28. We need a sort of reverse mirror test. Some way to identify those species smart enough to see themselves when they look at someone else. Bonus points for how far out the chain you can go. Double bonus points for those who get all the way to insects.

Karen Joy Fowler

#29. Good writing is a mirror of the mind where readers can see themselves again and again.

Debasish Mridha

#30. I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

Joe Mantello

#31. Evil people don't see themselves as evil but call you evil when you do to them the same they do to you.

Robin Sacredfire

#32. It struck her that that perhaps everyone had the ability to see themselves in others. Even in the rocks. Even in the roses.

Holly Lynn Payne

#33. Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a pair of brown corduroys like mine instead of this awful, boring blue denim.

Ian Anderson

#34. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

#35. Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them!

Michael Moore

#36. I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

Julianne Moore

#37. Caregivers attract caregivers and live in a community of love. They are energized by their caring, fulfilled, and they love life. Caretakers attract caretakers and live in the company of resentful victims who see themselves as misused and are fatigued from constant giving with no return.

Gary Zukav

#38. I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

Julia Child

#39. If we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion.

Robert Breault

#40. As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more

Billy Donovan

#41. Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.

Chris Elam

#42. The White House, that whole criminal mob, those arrogant goons who see themselves as justified to operate above the law-they disgrace democracy by claiming that what they do they do for democracy! They should be in jail. They should be in Hollywood!

John Irving

#43. nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#44. We love the quality in a person, who can see themselves clearly and isn't ashamed of who they are.

Jon Turteltaub

#45. As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves in what you report. It doesn't hurt if the people doing the reporting look like them, too.

Soledad O'Brien

#46. Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Joyce Meyer

#47. To love someone is to acknowledge the goodness of who they are. Through loving a person we awaken their awareness of their own innate goodness. It is as though they cannot know how worthy they are until they look into the mirror of our love and see themselves.

John Gray

#48. But there are others of my kind ... those who see themselves as lions among sheep. As kings
superior to man in every way. Why, then, should they be confined to darkness? Why should they fear man?

Seth Grahame-Smith

#49. We submit to the society of those that can inform us, but we seek the society of those whom we can inform. And men of genius ought not to be chagrined if they see themselves neglected. For when we communicate knowledge, we are raised in our own estimation; but when we receive it, we are lowered.

Charles Caleb Colton

#50. It is only when human beings see themselves simply as human beings, no longer as gods, that they are in a position to perceive the wholly other nature of God.

Jurgen Moltmann

#51. There's always going to be a fight between mainstream and underground because the mainstream is a very small bubble, and the underground scene is a very small bubble, and they both see themselves as secret societies.

Dawn Angelique

#52. Moreover, there is no "unconscious" mind distinct from the conscious, for the "unconscious" mind is conscious, though not of itself, just as the eyes see but do not see themselves.

Alan W. Watts

#53. People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

Peace Pilgrim

#54. Training and development: The best development programmes change the way people see themselves

John Bright

#55. Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

Frederick Lenz

#56. But no one believes in that way what he reads in a novel ... Oh yes they do. If only to see themselves as wise and superior and humanistic, they need to think of us as sweet and funny, and convince themselves that they sympathize with the way we are and even love us.

Orhan Pamuk

#57. One journalist complemented another that his article on a dispute, had made both sides see themselves as they are.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#58. Think about people in your own life who you have envied for one reason or another. It may surprise you to know that they do not see themselves the way that you do. Maybe they are all smiles on the outside but have personal struggles and trials that you would never guess from first glance.

Lindsey Rietzsch

#59. Doesn't it honor Him more when His children no longer see themselves only as sinners saved by grace, but now as heirs of God? Isn't it a greater form of humility to believe Him when He says we are precious in His sight when we don't feel very precious?

Bill Johnson

#60. It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.

John Pilger

#61. The best gift we can give other people is our whole selves in truth. By doing so we give them a true and accurate mirror that allows them to see themselves. We also give ourselves the best opportunity to grow.

A.C. Ping

#62. Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Bryant H. McGill

#63. People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

Helen McCrory

#64. Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

Evita Peron

#65. "Christ" states that those who see themselves as "separate" and not "divine" hinder humanity's ability to spiritually evolve. Those who deny their own "divinity" are like "cancer cells" in the body of God.

Barbara Marx Hubbard

#66. The fact is that those who do not see themselves but who see others, who fail to grasp of themselves but who grasp others, take possession of what others have but fail to possess themselves. they are attracted to what others enjoy but fail to find enjoyment in themselves.

Zhuangzi

#67. Experience shows that Being is the essential, basic nature of the mind; but, since It commonly remains in tune with the senses projecting outwards toward the manifested realms of creation, the mind misses or fails to appreciate its own essential nature, just as the eyes are unable to see themselves.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

#68. If we spent as much time lifting our children as we do criticizing them, how effectively we could help them to see themselves in a more positive light!

Neal A. Maxwell

#69. Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them.

Logan Pearsall Smith

#70. It's never very useful to see your character as a villain. You have to play them the way they see themselves.

Lucy Lawless

#71. Many teens will see themselves in Myers' account.

Walter Dean Myers

#72. And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

Viola Davis

#73. It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

Nelson Rockefeller

#74. People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

Stefan Sagmeister

#75. I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.

Norman Jewison

#76. I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.

Gary Hamel

#77. This notion that Americans have ... that they don't have to do anything other than be American in order to lead - that's very pervasive in the culture, it goes very deep into how they see themselves here.

Gabriel Byrne

#78. Ironic that those most holy are least likely to see themselves that way.

Mark Buchanan

#79. Presidents seem to fall into two positive categories: they're one of us, or they're heroes. Both McCain and Obama probably see themselves as potential heroes - presidents who will be looked up to, not presidents everyday people will remark are 'just like me.'

Chuck Todd

#80. A lot of people have said that I'm super-snarky and mean. But honesty is the only way to get people to change. It's very important to be constructively critical - give people alternatives and you're giving them a new way to see themselves.

Stacy London

#81. What motivates me is the chance to improve the world in my own special way; to contribute to the fight that all artists are fighting. I want to hold the mirror up to society and help them see themselves more clearly. I also love just making people laugh.

Jinkx Monsoon

#82. Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans.

Michael Moore

#83. We don't need police officers who see themselves as warriors. We need police officers who see themselves as guardians and parts of the community. You can't police a community that you're not a part of.

Bryan Stevenson

#84. I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me.

Misty Copeland

#85. Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

Boris Kodjoe

#86. A writer illuminates the lights of her heart so that everyone can see themselves in the mirror of her thoughts.

Debasish Mridha

#87. The fiercely competitive are fierce because they don't see themselves as competitive.

George Hammond

#88. People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.

Mal Fletcher

#89. I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

Ashley Graham

#90. I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn't realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they'd see themselves. Everybody is a star.

Bootsy Collins

#91. The ones who scared me, who still scare me, are the girls who see all other girls as competition, who see themselves as the persecuted ones, the ones whom the pretty and popular girls hate. When you believe you're persecuted, you will believe anything you do is justified.

Mara Wilson

#92. The Zionists are very much, very adventuresome, very much seeking to fabricate things, and I think they see themselves at the end of the line, and I do firmly believe that they seek to create new opportunities for themselves and their adventurous behaviors.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#93. Positive thinkers always affirm blessings on themselves and see themselves as legitimate heirs.

Israelmore Ayivor

#94. No one always or never does anything. People don't see themselves as one-dimensional, so you shouldn't attempt to define them as such.

Travis Bradberry

#95. So many see themselves as aggrieved; so few see themselves as aggrievers.

John Allen Paulos

#96. Unsafe people will never identify with others as fellow sinners and strugglers, because they see themselves as somehow above all of that.

Henry Cloud

#97. Sometimes things end worse for one side than the other. These 'injured parties' always seem to see themselves as victims of a moral outrage. They never feel simply rejected, but also abused. I've known many women who were great believers in the curative powers of indignation.

Lionel Shriver

#98. The great Christian theologian Rudolf Bultmann liked to say that the quest for the historical Jesus is ultimately an internal quest. Scholars tend to see the Jesus they want to see. Too often they see themselves - their own reflection - in the image of Jesus they have constructed.

Reza Aslan

#99. Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.

Martha Beck

#100. I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen.

Bonnie Wright