Positive Image Quotes

... there is no deodorant like success.

God knows I'm a good guy, I'm known in the industry as a good guy. I'm not known to be a foul, evil dude that you've got to watch out for and my name is not muddy in the industry.

A politician wants to come off as a happy warrior. To be contemplative seems almost effete, fancy – dispiriting somehow to much of your audience. He [Barack Obama] is not afraid to be this way at all.

I want to be able to give a positive image for people to look up to.

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

I rather create better music and let that talk, than me going out and dissing other musicians in public.

The Million Man March, in one day, helped to defeat all of the evil propaganda spread about Black men throughout the world.

I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.

I want people to smile when they hear my name.

I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there.

We work a lot, and we have a lot of discipline because we are really tired that people know Colombia as a violent country. We just want to change that face of the country, and the music that we're doing is the music that people want, that people love.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

Ninety-nine percent of Indian people loved me and they still love me.

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.

Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.

My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.

Robert Mugabe is not representative of who we are, what we stand for, or how we want to be viewed by the rest of world. We are peace-loving people, respectful of foreign representatives, who want the country to be a prosperous, productive. and responsible member of the global community.

We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers.

I want to build a positive image that will last my career.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

I didn't want to represent any negative side of the country where I was born and raised.

The process of seeking fame is a process of seeking dehumanization. You are looking for it. You want it. But you only want the good parts of it. You want the part where people see you as just a collection of positive things and nothing else.

I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women just by being myself.