“It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.”
~ Jo Coudert
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not “modesty”. It’s self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not “egotism”. It’s a necessary precondition to happiness and success”
~ Bobbe Somme
“You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a good person. Good people are hard to find nowadays. And they’re a lot more fun than perfect people any day of the week.”
~ Stephen Manes, Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
“There will always be someone poised to take advantage of the vulnerable; the very young, the very old, and the innocent of any age. Though I know this from long experience, I refuse to feel discouraged. In my own unassuming way, I know I can make a difference. You can as well.”
~ Kinsey, T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
“When we look squarely at injustice and get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing guilt and despair that festers under our numbness. We clean the wound —- our own and others’ —- and it can finally heal.”
~ Desmond Tutu
“There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.”
~ George Sheehan
“Be with those who help your being.”
~ Rumi
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
~ Albert Schweitzer
“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you already are a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.”
~ Osho
“On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
“Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.”
~ Daisaku Ikeda
“A feeling is not bottomless, once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there.”
~ Alanis Morrissette
“You doubt yourself. Don’t run from who you are.”
~ Aslan, Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
~ Ralph Charell
Everyone is gifted – but some people never open their package.”
~ Unknown
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
~ Confucius
“The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
~ Chinese Proverb
“The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
~ Unknown
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
~ Jon Kabat Zinn
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
~ Viktor E. Frankl
“If life doesn’t offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.”
~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
“There is nothing more beautiful than believing in yourself.”
~ Sam Kao
“The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.”
~Mario Fernandez
“Just one person taking action can inspire others to do the same.”
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