People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.
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A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.
Personally, people know themselves very poorly.
Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.
Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.
So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.
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