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Yourself Quotes

The hardest audience is yourself.

These quotes turn inward — an actor describing the fear that comes before any audience does, and thoughts on the quiet value of lowering the noise and simply listening more closely. For more on inner confidence, see Feel quotes.

If you are strong, and you are fighting the weak for any period of time, you are going to become weak yourself. If you behave like a coward, then you are going to become cowardly - it's only a question...

Quotes by Martin Van Creveld

When you're facing an investor or the institutions or a distributor, it's you yourself with your own ideas and your own project.

Quotes by Martin Villeneuve

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

Quotes by Martin Yan

Faith that it's not always in your hands or things don't always go the way you planned, but you have to have faith that there is a plan for you, and you must follow your heart and believe in yourself...

Quotes by Martina McBride

The way you look is so dependent on the way you take care of yourself.

Quotes by Martina McBride

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

Quotes by Martine McCutcheon

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

Quotes by Martin Sheen

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

Quotes by Martin Short

Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.

Quotes by Martin Lawrence

While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.

Quotes by Martin Margiela

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

Quotes by Martin H. Fischer

You have to immerse yourself into a product and use it in order to really understand it and that's why I have a new cellphone every month or two.

Quotes by Martin Cooper

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.

Quotes by Martin Cruz Smith

With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.

Quotes by Martha Kelly

Demand no more out of your partner than what you are willing to give yourself.

Quotes by Martha Quinn

If you are in your everyday life, and you feel like you just accomplished something big that you had going on, then that's Beast Mode. It's an accomplishment, that you put yourself through something to get something better out of...

Quotes by Marshawn Lynch

I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you do for the house is together, while still reserving some part of yourself to be...

Quotes by Marta Kristen

Don't put yourself in a box. Become anything that you want to be.

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

Dr. Seuss said, 'No one can be you-er than you,' and Oscar Wilde said, 'Be yourself because everyone else is taken.' So I just try to continue to be who I am and don't change that. And I'm a little...

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

Nothing good happens after 11. If you can't get a date before 11 o'clock, you need to go home and you need to work on yourself.

Quotes by Martellus Bennett

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of advice or reflection do these "Yourself" quotes offer?
A mix - one is about horror filmmaking and needing to scare yourself first, another is about the value of silence and truly listening, one touches on acting and avoiding self-judgment, and another argues entertainers aren't responsible for teaching children lessons parents haven't taught at home.
Is there a quote about acting or performance here?
Yes, one quote discusses the importance of staying "a blank space" while doing fantasy work as an actor, since judging yourself, the character, or the movie gets in the way of the performance. For more on craft and self-awareness, see the Best page.
Is there a quote about parenting or raising children?
Yes - one quote pushes back on the idea that entertainers should teach children life lessons, arguing that's a responsibility that belongs at home, taught by parents "yourself."
Does this page have anything about silence or listening?
Yes, one quote reflects on the value of silence, suggesting there's something good in turning the volume down and really listening - even calling it "a brand new thing." Browse the Feel page for more on inner experience and awareness.
Is there a quote related to horror or fear?
Yes, one short quote states: "The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself." It's a line about horror filmmaking and confronting your own fears first. For more upbeat reflections, check out the Good and Life pages.

Several entries also touch on craft and responsibility: resisting self-judgment while performing, and the idea that parenting duties can't be handed off to entertainers. Continue with Best quotes or Good quotes for related themes.