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Quotes about Being Yourself
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
Trust in the Light.
Darkness is not a force -
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar -
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
Open yourself to the Light!
Hold back nothing,
Trust in the Light.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,
and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,
then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion
and a genuine desire to serve others.
- Rod Stryker
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
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
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
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 do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
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
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
Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life)
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
Put some distance between yourself
and whatever is concerning you.
Distance in space or time
always creates a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you find peace within yourself,
you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
- Peace Pilgrim
Be gentle first with yourself -
if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.
- Joyce Brothers
Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
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
Know that life's burdens are lighter when you laugh at yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself -
have the compassion to forgive others,
and the courage to forgive yourself.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember that nurturing yourself is as important
(if not more so) as nurturing others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do the best you can. Be proud of your accomplishments -
without comparing yourself to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw
Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
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
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
Simply put, you believe that things
or people make you unhappy,
but this is not accurate.
You make yourself unhappy.
- Wayne Dyer
When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
Forgiving is not a gift to someone else.
Forgiving is your gift to yourself -
a great gift - the gift of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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