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No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
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Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
May you delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
May you taste, smell, and touch your dreams of a beautiful tomorrow.
May your sun always shine, and your sky be forever blue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
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
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
- Joseph Campbell
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
You are a magnificent gift to the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker
You are important. You are the star -
the only star - of your own life show.
Everyone else is a bit player in the great drama of your life.
Be of service to humanity, but never be anyone's doormat.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Smile broadly, sing loudly,
paint your rooms in bold colors,
search every rabbit hole
for a magical white bunny,
have caviar for breakfast
and oatmeal for dinner,
wear a purple coat with a red hat -
dance lightly with life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The best cure for our own self-inflicted suffering
is often service to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If a man is called to be a street sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
To thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self,
can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
The way to develop self-confidence
is to do the thing you fear
and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
- William Jennings Bryan
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
What you seem to be, be really.
- Benjamin Franklin
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Gain happiness by living in the present -
without regret for the past or fear of the future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself -
have the compassion to forgive others,
and the courage to forgive yourself.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor
to be what you desire to appear.
- Socrates
If you take the responsibility for your life,
you can start changing it.
- Osho
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
- Lao-Tzu
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
The miracle is not that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
- Mother Teresa
Never do things others can do and will do
if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
- Amelia Earhart
Resilience is about believing in yourself,
and trusting your own wisdom rather than
being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The promises we makes to ourselves are the things
that assure us we have the capacity to keep our promises to others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden
Without deep reflection,
one knows from daily life
that one exists for other people.
- Albert Einstein
Never bend your head. Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye.
- Helen Keller
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important
as what you become by achieving your goals.
- Henry David Thoreau
I forgive for my own sake,
that I may transmute my resentments into Unconditional Love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't be everything to everyone.
- Bill Cosby
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
Face the facts of being what you are,
for that is what changes what you are.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
WHY do you care what THEY think?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The higher the sun rises, the less shadow it casts;
even so, the greater is the goodness, the less it covets praise;
yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.
- Lao Tzu
I have no need to conform to the stereotypes
others have defined for me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your time is limited,
so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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