Paul Polman Quotes

I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway.

I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

It's never been bad or ridiculous. I know who I am and what I've done, and I'm really comfortable with myself.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

No matter what happens to you, you can maintain your own control about what you believe and who you are.

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of their own imagination.

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

I want everyone to feel empowered. Everyone can do something.

I'm kind of a self-aware and confident person.

I always told my representatives, 'Look, I come from the 'School of Janet' - that's my mom - she raised me to know that I'm more than just set dressing.

I am my own person with my own experiences, personality, and definition of success.

I know who I am as a person. And the people that matter around me know who I am.

With all due respect to Coach O'Brien and Coach Godsey, I've told them I'm going to be me.

The word 'empower' is something that kept coming up in my heart.