Liya Kebede Quotes

You can't change somebody's character, but you can change the way a person presents themselves.

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.

I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. Maybe things would have gone differently for me in some ways if I had.

It's common for people to start questioning themselves. As a female, I'm going to offer the advice I gave myself: You look at your strengths, you look at your goals, and accept that you are who you are. Be true to that.

I don't want to change anything about myself.

Lee Seung-gi before the army and Lee Seung-gi after the army are totally different. Firstly, I've matured a lot. I used to feel pressured by a lot of things before fulfilling my military duties. Now, I'm proud that I've become more confident.

My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.

I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pants can make you feel is better than any therapist, because when you look in the mirror, you see a different person - you are a different person. It's superficial change that can lead to real change.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside.

I feel like all my faults go into making the person that I am. I like myself as a person. And I think taking any fault away would change who I am as a person.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

Sometimes I amaze even myself.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

Am I sounding better or am I just getting used to my voice?

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves.

Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.