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Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
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Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- 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
Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life)
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- 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
Don't believe me,
don't believe yourself,
and don't believe anyone else.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
When you do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
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
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Simply put, you believe that things
or people make you unhappy,
but this is not accurate.
You make yourself unhappy.
- Wayne Dyer
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
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
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -
and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard Feynman
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
You may be always victorious if
you will never enter into any contest
where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
- Epictetus
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Happiness is a choice.
You grieve, you stomp your feet,
you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.
- Lucy Lawless
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
While it is natural to feel some degree of
need for the approval of others, be careful.
If you find yourself unwilling to
take actions that others disapprove of,
you have lost control of your own life
and have given your destiny to others.
An excessive need-for-approval
is a sign of low self-esteem,
and in severe cases, a condition termed co-dependency.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Take charge of your life!
You are responsible to yourself - not to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Resilience is about believing in yourself,
and trusting your own wisdom rather than
being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- 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
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities.
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything.
You are you and that is the beginning and the end -
no apologies, no regrets.
- Henry Kissinger
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Smile.
Today would be a wonderful day
not to take life so seriously.
Today may end up the way you prefer -
and it may not.
Happiness is not about being a winner -
it's about being gentle with life -
being gentle with yourself.
Let life be a dance,
and choose the kind of
dance you want for today -
perhaps a gentle loving dance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
"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
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
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
If you paint in your mind a picture of
bright and happy expectations,
you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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
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
Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
To be yourself in a world that
is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Do the best you can. Be proud of your accomplishments -
without comparing yourself to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
- Audrey Hepburn
Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans
A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
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