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May these quotes about Flatteries inspire and motivate you.
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream,
the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter,
than the gloom of despair.
- Thomas Jefferson
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Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
- Abraham Lincoln
Be yourself. There is nothing more for you to do
than to be the best YOU that you can be -
with no imitation, no pretense, no guilt, no shame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There comes a time in every man's education
when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance,
that imitation is suicide,
that he must take himself for better or for worse as his portion.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
You may be always victorious if
you will never enter into any contest
where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
- Epictetus
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
Happiness is a choice.
You grieve, you stomp your feet,
you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.
- Lucy Lawless
Simply put, you believe that things
or people make you unhappy,
but this is not accurate.
You make yourself unhappy.
- Wayne Dyer
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
When you do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
Don't believe me,
don't believe yourself,
and don't believe anyone else.
- don Miguel Ruiz
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it
and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
- Henry David Thoreau
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One of the surest ways to cause
yourself great suffering
is to insist upon being right -
to demand that all others view life
exactly as you view it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Put some distance between yourself
and whatever is concerning you.
Distance in space or time
always creates a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -
and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard Feynman
Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life)
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
It is better to conquer yourself
than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you,
not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- The Buddha
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
- Benjamin Spock
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Don't ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fair" is not a useful concept.
Life is not "fair."
You can't make life "fair."
You can get angry.
You can complain about life not being "fair."
You can attempt revenge - perhaps violently.
You can inflict great suffering upon yourself
in the name of life being "unfair."
And Life is still not "fair."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Shake structures.
School yourself.
Look twice at a thing,
once upside down.
Answer yourself clearly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.
- Joyce Brothers
You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover is yourself.
- Alan Alda
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw
Resilience is about believing in yourself,
and trusting your own wisdom rather than
being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there
who will try to discourage you.
Don't listen to them.
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
Believe in yourself,
in your vision for your future
and in your ability to take a small step
each day toward achieving your vision.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Do not be too moral.
You may cheat yourself out of much life.
So aim above morality.
Be not simply good;
be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Choose! If it's worth doing, do it today.
If it's not worth doing today, save yourself a lot
of worry and regret by choosing to permanently
erase it from your to-do list.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
- Audrey Hepburn
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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