May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.
- A Course In Miracles (commonly misattributed to Rumi)
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
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
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
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
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
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
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
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe
Remember that nurturing yourself is as important
(if not more so) as nurturing others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
- Benjamin Spock
Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life)
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- 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
Put some distance between yourself
and whatever is concerning you.
Distance in space or time
always creates a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- 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
Inferiority Complex:
a name for not loving yourself enough.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To be yourself in a world that
is constantly trying to make you something else
is the greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
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 make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
Shake structures.
School yourself.
Look twice at a thing,
once upside down.
Answer yourself clearly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Give yourself the gift of forgiving
everyone you are angry with -
for every action you resent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything.
You are you and that is the beginning and the end -
no apologies, no regrets.
- Henry Kissinger
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
Never mind what others do;
do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day,
and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
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
Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself as a success.
- Joyce Brothers
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Know that life's burdens are lighter when you laugh at yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
First say to yourself what you would be;
then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans
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
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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