quotes about loving yourself

7/30/2019 QUOTES About Loving Yourself

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Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heartin it, take yourself out of it.--Hardy D. Jackson

Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming betterthan you are.--J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare (Guesses at Truth:

Second Series) Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who

mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.--Dr.Suess

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you arehatched from a swan's egg.--Hans Christian Andersen

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings becauseit has a song.--Maya Angelou (quoted in Mind Your OwnBizniche by Squire)

But an accurate definition of the self is impossible. You aremore than you realize, more than you can define. And themore time you spend trying to nail down the definition, theless time you spend living right now. ... Your past is not youridentity... You, living now, is your identity.--George Lawrence-Ell (The Invisible Clock)

By your own soul, learn to liveAnd if men thwart you take no heed.If men hate you have no care.Sing your song, dream your dream,

Hope your hope and pray your prayer.--Parkenham Beatty Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A

man finds his identity by identifying.--Robert Terwilliger Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one

of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is

born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and oursuccess, that we take control.--Robert F. Bennett

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll becriticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned ifyou don't.--Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you comealive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is peoplewho have come alive.--Howard Thurman

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are smalljobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much


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stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend totake care of themselves.--Dale Carnegie

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.--JanisJoplin

Don't listen to those who say, "It's not done that way." Maybeit's not, but maybe you will. Don't listen to those who say,"You're taking too big a chance." Michelangelo would havepainted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out bytoday. Most importantly, don't listen when the little voice offear inside of you rears its ugly head and says, "They're allsmarter than you out there. They're more talented, they'retaller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections" Ifirmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, notto the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with

others, but with the strength of conviction that you can moveothers by your own efforts, and do not make success or failurethe criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be aperson worthy of your own respect.--Neil Simon

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goalin life to find it and to keep it lit.--Mary Lou Retton

Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of lifelies in the love we have not given, the powers we have notused, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which

shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet wasthe poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime "let outall the length of all the reins."--Mary Cholomondeley

Everybody thinks they want to be special, but when someonefinds out how special he or she really is, often he or shequickly discovers a great desire to be like everybody else.--Mark Mossa (Already There: Letting God Find You)

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hellfor.--Earl Warren

The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of peoplewho have become wealthy have become so thanks to workthey found profoundly absorbing.... The long term study ofpeople who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals thattheir "Luck" arouse from the accidental dedication they had toan area they enjoyed.--Srully Blotnick


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Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just asthe seed of health is in illness, because illness containsinformation, our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledgeif we explore them.--Marilyn Ferguson

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with theirown hearts.--Albert Einstein

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.--Dolly Parton The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?"

nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But--transcending both these limited aims--what function must thislife fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?--EvelynUnderhill (The Spiritual Life)

Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers opento perfection slowly in the sun.... Don't be in a hurry about

spiritual matters. Go step by step, and be very sure.--WhiteEagle

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give upwho we are in order to become all that we can be.--Max DePree

How are you going to spend this one odd and precious life youhave been issued? Whether you're going to spend it trying tolook good and creating the illusion that you have power overpeople and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste

it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.--AnneLamott (in Starting Over)

How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells themthe seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time tomove on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there isa voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us socertainly when to go forth into the unknown.--ElizabethKubler-Ross

I am still learning--how to take joy in all the people I am, howto use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how toaccept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.--Audre Lorde

I believe a unique core self is born into every human being;the result of millennia of environment adn heredity combinedin an unpredictable way that could never happen before oragain.--Gloria Stienem ("A Balance Between Nature andNuture" in This I Believe ed. by Allison and Gediman)


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I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most ofmy talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me untilthe last small twig has grown.--Kathe Kollwitz

I don't think there ever was a lazy man in this world. Everyman has some sort of gift, and he prizes that gift beyond allothers. He may be a professional billiard-player, or aPaderewski, or a poet--I don't care what it is. But whatever itis, he takes a native delight in exploiting that gift, and you willfind it is difficult to beguile him away from it. Well, there arethousands of other interests occupying other men, but thoseinterests don't appeal to the special tastes of the billiardchampion or Paderewski. They are set down, therefore, as toolazy to do that or do this--to do, in short what they have notaste or inclination to do. In that sense, then I am

phenomenally lazy. But when it comes to writing a book--I amnot lazy. My family find it difficult to dig me out of my chair.--Mark Twain

I have a basic philosophy that I've tried to follow during mycoaching career. Whether you're winning or losing, it'simportant to always be yourself. You can't change because ofthe circumstances around you.--Cotton Fitzsimmons

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other manI've met.--Dwight Moody

I know this now. Every man gives his life for what he believes.Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimespeople believe in little or nothing yet they give their lives tothat little or nothing. One life is all we have and we live it aswe believe in living it. And then it is gone. But to sacrifice whatyou are and live without belief, that's more terrible thandying.--Joan of Arc

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think sheis?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I

am."--Oprah Winfrey I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making

me hate him.--Booker T. Washington I would be true, for there are those who trust me;

I would be pure, for there are those who care;I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;


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I would be brave, for there is much to dare.--Howard ArnoldWalter ("I Would Be True")

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.--JuanRamon Jimenez

If you are what you should be, then you will set the world onfire.--St. Catherine of Siena

If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. Allyou have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.--Barbara Cook

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment tosacrifice what we are for what we could become.--Charles DuBos (Approximations)

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters ofprinciple, stand like a rock.--Thomas Jefferson

It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human conditionwhen the outside world tells us who and what we are - and westart to believe it ourselves. Then, bent over from the weightof the negativity, we start to wither on the outside--JoanChittister (The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully)

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care whogets the credit. - Harry S. Truman

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.--Arthur Calwell

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.--Alfred Adler

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion, it iseasy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is hewho, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetnessthe independence of solitude.--Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand withhis face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn hisback on one half of the world.--George Dennison Prentice

It is never too late to be what you might have been.--GeorgeEliot

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority.By definition, there are already enough people to do that.--G.H. Hardy

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to bewhat he is.--Desiderius Erasmus


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It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors andmistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake isonly an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it isdiscovered shows infirmity of character.--Dale Turner

It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parentsand teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing;but that is not livingTo live is to find out for yourself what istrue...--Jiddu Krishnamurti

It takes years to build up trust, but only seconds to destroy it.You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.After that you'd better know something.Don't compare yourself to the best others can do,But to the best you can do.It's not what happens to people that's important.

It's what they do about it.Always leave loved ones with loving words.It may be the last time you see them.You control your attitude or it controls you.It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.Your background and circumstances may have influenced whoyou are,But you are responsible for who you become.

Even if you do the right thing for the wrong reason,It's still the wrong thing to do.--Anonymous

It's a dangerous thing to name yourself wrongly or to nameyourself unjustly.--John O'Donohue (Speaking of Faithinterview, Feb. 28, 2008)

It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anythingbut the best you very often get it.--Somerset Maugham

It's important that people should know what you stand for. It'sequally important that they know what you won't stand for.--

Mary H. Waldrip Josh Billings said, "It is not only the most difficult thing to

know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too." Humanbeings have always employed an enormous variety of cleverdevices for running away from themselves, and the modernworld is particularly rich in such stratagems.--John W. Gardner


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The journey by which we discover God is also the journey bywhich we discover, or uncover, our true self hidden in God. Itis a journey that we all have to make.--Esther de Waal (Livingwith Contradiction)

Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with thehope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, soyou must attend to and nourish the garden of your becoming.--Jean Houston

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is truewisdom.Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.--TaoTe Ching

Learn to live with self and you will learn to live with others.--Edgar Cayce

Let's dare to be ourselves, for we do that better than anyoneelse can.--Shirley Briggs

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One onefeat is possible -- not to have run away.--Dag Hammarskjold

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must haveperseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We mustbelieve that we are gifted for something and that this thingmust be attained.--Marie Curie

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they'resupposed to help you discover who you are.--Bernice JohnsonReagon

Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hearthrough another's ears nor comprehend with another's brain.Each human creature has individual endowment, power andresponsibility in the creative plan of God.--Abdu'l-Baha

A man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.--Max R. Hickerson

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermostheart.--Robertson Davies (Your Achievement Ezine - Issue No.153)

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreckbeing towed to the scrap heap.--Ayn Rand

The mark of a true professional is giving more than you get.--Robert Kirby


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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, moneymakes counterfeit men.--Sydney J. Harris

The message we have internalized is clear - we are what we doand what we own, not what we are inside ourselves. Where it

counts!--Joan Chittister (The Gift of Years: Growing OlderGracefully) Morning affirmation: I am in the right place, doing the right

thing, achieving what I have envisioned, and feeling fulfilledand complete.--Michael Rawls

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but thetime comes when the artist must tell himself he is good or hewill go under.--George Moore

Neither evil tongues,Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men,

Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor allThe dreary intercourse of daily life,Shall e'er prevail against us.--William Wordsworth

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be madea victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but defineyourself.--Harvey Fierstein

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the worldright in the eye.--Helen Keller

Never explain--your friends do not need it, and your enemieswill not believe you anyway.--Elbert Hubbard

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the sameway twice for anyone...the path follows you and rolls upbehind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find theirown way.--J. Michael Straczynski

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people notknowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and eventheir real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through lifeas complete strangers to ourselves.--Sydney J. Harris

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, andno one does you harm. You have no enemy exceptyourselves.--St. Francis of Assisi

No star is ever lost we once have seen,We always may be what we might have been.--Adelaide A.Proctor


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Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try tohave more things, or more money, in order to do more of whatthey want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works isthe reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do

what you need to do, in order to have what you want.--Margaret Young On this subject I do not which to think, or speak, or write, with

moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to givea moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife fromthe hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to graduallyextricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; buturge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. Iam in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not retreat a singleinch; and I will be heard.--Lloyd Garrison (The Liberator)

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse tosoar.--Helen Keller

One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on thecontrary by pursuing something else and learning throughdiscipline or routine who one is and wants to be.--MaySarton

One does what one can, not what one cannot.--Agatha Christie The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and

successful life is you. He is therefore wise who makes himself

an asset. We can be our won worst enemy or best friend. Wecan be a source of trouble or a cure for trouble. So if you feelempty, as many do, start by getting free from yourself as afirst stop to vibrant living.--Norman Vincent Peale

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it isexpressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices wemake are ultimately our responsibility.--Eleanor Roosevelt

The only one thing I can change is myself, but sometimes thatmakes all of the difference.--Anonymous

Only to the extent that someone is living out this selftranscendence of human existence, is he truly human or doeshe become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerninghimself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himselfand giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.--Viktor E. Frankl


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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepestfear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light,not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God! Yourplaying small doesn't' serve the world. There's nothingenlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feelinsecure around you. We were born to make manifest the gloryof God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it is ineveryone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciouslygive other people permission to do the same. As we areliberated from our own fear, our presence automaticallyliberates others.--Marianne Williamson (A Return To Love)

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if thisdependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you needencouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, thenyou make everybody your judge.--Fritz Perls

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, toomuch energy finding excuses for not being what they arecapable of being, and not enough energy putting themselveson the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with theirlives.--J. Michael Straczynski

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they'vegotten lost.--H. Jackson Brown

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in himto do but nearly every one who tries his power touches thewalls of his being occasionally, and learns about how far toattempt to spring.--Charles Dudley Warner ("ThirdStudy" Backlog Studies)

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation,defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the

level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.--Alexander Haig (in Success Secrets of Super Achievers byStovall)

Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself,"Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before,my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever isnecessary.--Anthony Robbins


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Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself--your strengths and your limitations--in contrast to dependingon affirmation from others.--Judith M. Bardwick

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become thebest that you can become.--Harold Taylor

The search for self-worth begins by finding what isindestructible inside, then letting it be.--Prudence Kohl

Self-confidence is so relaxing. There is no strain or stress whenone is self-confident. Our lack of self-confidence comes fromtrying to be someone we aren't.--Anne Wilson Schaef

Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we cansurrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no onecan give up what he does not possess.--Thomas Merton

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted,but getting what you have, which once you have got it youmay be smart enough to see is what you would have wantedhad you known.--Garrison Keillor

Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get tothat place where you don't have to be anything else.--Unknown

Start doing the things you think should be done, and startbeing what you think society should become. Do you believe infree speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then

tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open.Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behavedecently and humanely.--Adam Michnik

Story re-orders, sifts through experience, and allows others,young children and adults alike, to hear what we think trulymatters. We are constituted by the stories we tell ourselvesand others. Thus stories serve an ontological purpose. Storyconnects us with that which lies beyond ourselves and thisprocess makes us ask questions about the meanings of our

lives. It is, in fact, a way we can begin to define what we meanwhen we use the term "spirituality."--Barbara Kimes Myers(Young Children and Spirituality)

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose tolead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you,and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to doso.--J. Michael Straczynski


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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terriblething: no one to blame.--Erica Jong

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displeasethe people by doing what you know is right, than to

temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.--William J. H. Boetcker There are many who are living far below their possibilities

because they are continually handing over their individualitiesto others. Do you want to be a power I the world? Then beyourself.--Ralph Waldo Trine

There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and thedark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is foryour steps alone.--Jerry Garcia (Ripple)

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that istranslated through you into action, and because there is onlyone of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if youblock it, it will never exist through any other medium and belost.--Martha Graham

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as gettingto know how enormously much he is capable of doing andbecoming.--Soren Kierkegaard

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.--Anthony R

There is something in every one of you that waits and listensfor the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only trueguide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will allof your life spend your days on the ends of strings thatsomebody else pulls.--Howard Thurman

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge ofourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.--PearlBailey

There's always someone to tell you you have to. Wrong.Don't. Rather, spend time finding out who you really are. Workon being more ofthat. A lot better than the futile "gottachange" treadmill, which never really ends.--Shirley Jones(in Success Secrets of Super Achievers by Stovall)

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.--Antonio Porchi


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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving upon being perfect and beginning the work of becomingyourself.--Anna Quindlen

Think about your future possibilities and the fact that yourpotential is virtually unlimited. You can do what you want to doand go where you want to go. You can be the person you wantto be. You can set large and small goals and make plans andmove step-by-step, progressively toward their realization.There are no obstacles to what you can accomplish except theobstacles that you create in your mind.--Brian Tracy

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original, andhas something important to say.--Brenda Ueland

Those who know others are intelligentThose who know themselves have insight.

Those who master others have forceThose who master themselves have strength.

Those who know what is enough are wealthy.Those who persevere have direction.Those who maintain their position endure.And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.--Lao Tzu

Throughout the years of your life you will face manychallenges, remember that you can climb the highestmountain, drive through the roughest storm, soar across thebluest sky, or even sail across the roughest waters. It is onlydestined by your attitude where you will end up in life. Themost important thing is don't let yourself get lost in thecrowd.--Angela Duvall

To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude ofconflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, tocommit to too many projects, to want to help everyone ineverything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times.--Thomas Merton

To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best,night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fightthe hardest battle which any human being can fight; and neverstop fighting.--e. e. cummings


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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable ofbecoming, is the only end of life.--Baruch Spinoza

To do good thing in the world, first you must know who youare and what gives meaning to your life.--Paula P. Brownlee

To dream of the person you'd like to be, is a waste to theperson you are.--Author unknown

To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. Andthe high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes thelow: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to andfro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low,And every man decideth. The way his soul shall go.--JohnOxenham

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.--Camus Today you are You,

that is truer than true.There is no one alivewho is Youer than You.--Dr. Seuss

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buythings they don't want, to impress people they don't like.--WillRogers

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak foryourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.--Michael Rawls

The two important things I did learn were that you are aspowerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that themost difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step,making the first decision.--Robyn Davidson

Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behindevery decision you make, the words from your mouth will beempty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth andconfidence are the roots of happiness.--Kathleen Pedersen

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never becontent with what you have.--Doris Mortman

Use what talent you possess: The world would be very silent ifno birds sang except those that sang best.--Henry van Dyke

Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No onelikes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find themotivation to do what you advise others to do.--VincePoscente (Invinceable Principles)


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for me. If I am wise I shall begin today to build my own truerand better world from within.--H. W. Dresser

What the world needs now is for each of us to be who we trulyare, and to bring our gifts into the world. Don't hold back any

longer. Be Present, Be You. That is enough. Really it is.--NancyBishop ("Getting To Know YOU") Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line

of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you willsucceed.--Sydney Smith

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be,whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of yourlife has not gone. It's inside you--if you listen to it, you canplay it.--Nido Qubein

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible,everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily,often miraculously.--Shakti Gawain

When people are free to do as they please, they usuallyimitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, andpartakes of the nature of a protest--Eric Hoffer (The PassionateState of Mind)

When you acknowledge the less than perfect parts of yourself,something magical begins to happen. Along with the negative,you'll also begin to notice the positive, the wonderful aspects

of yourself that you may not have given yourself credit for, orperhaps even been aware of.--Richard Carlson (Don't Sweatthe Small Stuff)

When you examine the lives of the most influential people whohave ever walked among us, you discover one thread thatwinds through them all. They have been aligned first with theirspiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.--Albert Einstein

When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need toask permission of other people or society at large. When youask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.--Geoffrey F. Abert

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, itis time to reform.--Mark Twain

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the processhe does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough


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into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.--FriedrichNietzsche

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care aboutyou will say, "Good luck!" and those who care only about

themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.--J. Z. Knight Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful

appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like aPekinese?--Edith Sitwell

Women are always being tested ... but ultimately, each of ushas to define who we are individually and then do the verybest job we can to grow into it.--Hillary Rodham Clinton

The world needs people like you to dream of something greatand then pursue it with all your heart.--Chris Widener

You are obligated to understand that you are unique in theworld. There has never been anyone like you because, of therewere, there would be no need for you to exist. You are anutterly new thing in creation. Your life goal is to realize thisuniqueness.--Aaron Perlow (Itturay Torah)

You cannot take the mild approach to the weeds in yourmental garden. You have got to hate weeds enough to killthem. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds aresomething you devastate.--Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn's Weekly E-

zine - May 11, 2004) You got to sing like you don't need the money

Love like you'll never get hurtYou got to dance like nobody's watchin'It's gotta come from the heartIf you want it to work.--Susanna Clark & Richard Leigh

You have a masterpiece inside you, you know. One unlike anythat ahs ever been created, or ever will be. If you go to yourgrave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get

painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.--GordonMacKenzie You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough

enough to follow through.--Rosalynn Carter You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I

around? What are they doing to me? What have they got mereading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have


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me going? What do they have me thinking? And mostimportant, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourselfthe big question: Is that okay?--Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn's WeeklyE-zine, July 21, 2003)

You need to claim the events of your life to make yourselfyours. When you truly possess all that you have been anddone, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality.--Florida Scott Maxwell

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own innerstrength, and say, "I'm proud of what I am and who I am, andI'm just going to be myself."--Mariah Carey

You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best"you" in existence.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of BigQuotes)

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else'slife. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with theresults of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other'sopinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Theysomehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.--Steve Jobs

Your vision will become clear only when you look into yourheart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside,

awakens.--Carl Jung

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Lifes too short to waste time on pretense. Laugh, be merry, and enjoy life the way

you want to.

Following someone you look up to is a good practice. Following your heart andhaving others follow in your footsteps is even better.Speak with your body, think with your heart and love with your soul.Dont be insecure with others. Imperfection is beauty. Always have the couragewithin yourself

We may not know it, but most of us live to be remembered as someone else and notas who we truly are.If you are always true, you do not need to remember anything you said or did in the

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Be the real you and dont worry about those who judge you because most of the time

they dont really matter.

If you wont love yourself, who else will?Every person is unique. the most important thing is always be true to

yourselfJust be yourself and do what you want. Believe in the power of yourimaginationAlways be the first person to rate yourself, instead of rating somebody else.God has given us one face, being yourself is another.Learn to love yourself above anything else because in the end, you got noone to turn to but only yourself.Stand on what you believe is right, be strong and firm with your decisioneven others are against it.

Being yourself is like showing your soul to the world, being somebody else islike showing your shadow in the dark.Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are, because you are specialand you light you own star.Fooling others by not showing your real personality is no less than foolingand disrespecting yourselfDo not be bothered by what other people think of you or say about you, nomatter how negative these are. Remember that in the end, it is only betweenyou and your Creator.There is inside you a great storehouse of treasures which are beyond yourwildest imagination. You have only to look inwards to see it and get it.Follow your dream no matter how absurd, farfetched, wild or crazy youmight think it to be. For in reality, man has no limitations. In the pursuit ofyour dream, you get to meet the real you.Dont take life too seriously. Relax, enjoy and continue to play. Take thingseasy as they come along. Remember, only fools grow old.Being yourself has its limitations. You have to step on the brake and controlyourself if you start to annoy or hurt people and their feelings; and societybegins looking at you as a nuisance.

You are not what you see in the mirror. You are what you feel in yourheart. Quotes about being yourselfSpeak with your body, think with your heart and love with your soul.The best part of being you is the child in you.One evolves into the being that he wants to become and then unravels onceagain.Being you is being with people you admire, respect and love.


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Let your inner light shine through. Many will take notice, but the people whomatter most will be the ones who will appreciate you for the real you.Being nice doesnt mean youre a pushover. Being real doesnt mean youhave to be rude.

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ont be afraid to speak up. Some people may not appreciate your opinion,others may criticize you for it. But the intelligent ones will respect you for it. Hiding behind a faade to please everyone else can make you forget themost important person that you should always keep happy: yourself.When you wear a disguise for too long, you slowly forget about the realperson behind the mask, and youll end up hiding behind one disguise afteranother.To define oneself is an elusive endeavor. The only way to do it is to live.Quotes about being yourselfBeing yourself is a lot easier than trying to please everybody else.

Be eccentric, if you are. Be brilliant, if you are. Be loud, if you are. Do notinhibit yourself from being who youre supposed to be.Define yourself and live with it!Never climb your neighbors mountain or take care your friends garden. Youhave your own life to manage.The most painful kind of betrayal is not betrayal of a friend. It is when youpretend to be somebody else and unknowingly you betray yourself.Your knowledge can also be acquired by anyone but not your love andcompassion.

Irrational actions result from doing things beyond ones real ability.Aman can never change his life unless theres necessity for a change.What man sows he harvests, and he is destined to a future that he hascharted himself.Stand firm, have faith, you are unique and special in Gods eye.When everything seems to fall apart, remember that leaves may fall beforewinter but that does not mean the trees are breaking inside, it is just a way tomold and hone them as they become ready for another season of their life.Being yourself is simple, remember that theres something in you that theydont have. quotes about being yourselfIf life is a race, then, you must be the driver heading on your own directiontowards your most awaited finish line.You are created in Gods image and likeness. Keep in mind that it happenedfor a reason.Life is filled with so much good, and if what we do is the good in us, wellmake life better than it was.


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Living life solely based on the expectations of another is living life to itsdullest.True success is achieved through humble beginnings, measured by beingmodest throughout the middle, and validated by never-ending meekness.

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ur labor is definitely not in vain when we labor for a good cause.Giving our best in everything that we do reaps rewards that lasts a lifetime.You may not see that fruits of your labor yet, but youre certainly a victoralready.During the downs of life, we have to keep our gaze up. During the ups oflife, we have to keep our feet on the ground.To act with confidence means youve looked beyond fear and doubt, lettingyourself out.The only way to find yourself is when you start being true to everyonearound you.

True beauty comes from whats real and naturalIf you want to be better, be who you are quotes about being yourselfIt is always better to be abhored for what you are than be loved for who youare not.Being yourself results to freedom and peace.

"Your own person will not be able to pleaseeveryone. So why bother?"

"The original design is worth far more than acopy."

"If people strongly oppose who you are, then they

are not worthy of a space in your life." Quotesabout being yourself

"One of the most exhausting things to do in life is

trying to be someone you're not."

"Those who are mindful of your life don't matter.Those who matter don't really mind."


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"You don't need to ask permission to be yourselfand live life the way you want to."

"Man tires easily when doing things they do notwhole-heartedly want to do. "

"The happiest point in one's life is the time whenhe finally accepts and loves who he is." quotes

about being yourself

"Nobody can say that you're living your life the

wrong way. "

"Before anyone else can love you, you have tostart doing it yourself."

"Once you be yourself, the world starts becoming a

brighter place."

"No matter how strong they seem, the weakestmen are those who are not themselves." Quotesabout being yourself

"You stand on shaky ground as soon as you start

doubting yourself."

"Your own destiny and life should be in your full

control."

"Life becomes shorter as soon as you start living

as another."
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"On judgment day, God will not ask you why youdidnt become another person. He

would ask you why you werent yourself. "

"Don't take it the wrong way when people said you

changed. It just means you've stopped doingthings their way."

"It's sad when someone figures you out way beforeyou do."

"Pay no mind to what others say and focus onwhat you see and believe to be true aboutyourself."

"Not everyone is obliged to like who you are, sowhy stress about it?"

"Admiration goes to people who take up the

challenge of being themselves. "

"It is more of an accomplishment to find and be

yourself than to kill a thousand enemies in battle."

"If you find yourself among the majority, maybeit's time to reflect."

"Character outweighs reputation in terms ofimportance."

"The cost of owning and being yourself? Priceless."Quotes about being yourself


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"Life doesn't require you to belong. You can alwaysstand out."

"Before you start making your life, you have to bebrave enough to try."

"Stand up and let people know that you're notashamed of who you are."

"One of the greatest tragedies in life is living a life

that is not your own."

"At the end of the day, the only person worthy ofpleasing is yourself. "

"A great accomplishment is being yourself in asociety that tells you otherwise."

"Brave men think for themselves and don't allow

others to do so."

"You are always good enough. Don't let otherpeople tell you you're not."

"Make a firm hold of your destiny. You should bedriving it, not others."

"Surround yourself only with people who acceptyou for who you are." Quotes about being yourself

"Believe in yourself. There is no other way tosuccess."


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"Stop trying to be someone else. Your efforts willbe worthless." quotes about being yourself

"You're on the right track if you're being yourself."Quotes about being yourself
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