The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.
Michel de MontaigneWhen there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African ProverbIt is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
Marcel ProustOther people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
Les BrownThe words "I am" are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.
A.L. KitselmanIf you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
Author UnknownNothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Bruce BartonSelf-love depressed becomes self-loathing.
Sally KemptonI took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.
Sylvia PlathIt took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
Sally FieldAt this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?
Phillip C. McGrawA successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
David BrinkleyWe are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.
Jean GuittonSelf-love is the instrument of our preservation.
VoltaireLove yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.
Les BrownIt's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.
Author UnknownWe have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
Roderick ThorpIt ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
W.C. FieldsSelf-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
La RochefoucauldWe do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
Mark TwainThe more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Walt DisneyMan is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within.
Laurence van der PostIf you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van GoghIf we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.
Louise L.HayPeople are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
Elisabeth Kübler-RossSuccess comes in cans, not cant's.
Author UnknownIt is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
VoltaireI was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.
Katherine Anne PorterPut your future in good hands - your own.
Author UnknownThe way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
Margaret YoungThe outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.
EckhartI think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.”"
Rita Mae BrownThe promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
MichelangeloOnly you can set you free.
Living ColourOf all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
Michel de MontaigneWhat other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self.
Nathaniel HawthorneI am not a has-been. I am a will be.
Lauren BacallSelf is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
Henry Van DykeConfidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
Peter T. McintyreLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Anaïs NinYou have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael JordanIt is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Edmund HillaryYou will always have to live with yourself, and it is to your best interest to see that you have good company -- a clean, pure, straight, honest, upright, generous, magnanimous companion.
Orison Swett MardenOur credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.
Eric HofferWhen the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.
Cecil SeligYou have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Dr. SeussSpirit can walk, spirit can swim, spirit can climb, spirit can crawl. There is no terrain you cannot
overcome.
Irisa HailAbove the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
PythagorasYour problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
Ram DassPlant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Veronica A. ShoffstallKnow that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
Jeremy TaylorThe way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.
Sonya FriedmanOnly as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be.
Karen RavnI celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Walt WhitmanThe only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Dag HammarskjoldLove yourself instead of abusing yourself.
Karolina KurkovaI feel my body, my mind, weighted down - all is heavy - but my blood, my inner fire, my passion, the little unburdened kid in me, patiently wait to burst free. Some of us die never having burst.
Drew SirtorsYou, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
BuddhaBe patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. And try to love the questions themselves.
Rainer Maria RilkeWhere there is great love there are always miracles.
Willa CatherResolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
Mathew ArnoldRemember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your
choices, and everything is possible.
Cherie Carter-ScottBut respect yourself most of all.
UnknownWe have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance.
Mata Amritanandamayi DeviTake the time to come home to yourself every day.
Robin CasarjeanOne cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.
Lemony SnicketThere is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
Hindustani ProverbRenew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.
Chinese inscription cited by Thoreau in WaldenIt's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?
Richard BachFalling, falling, falling, falling down. Look yourself in the eye before you drown.
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