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No one is in control of your happiness but you;
therefore, you have the power to change anything
about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara De Angelis
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While it is natural to feel some degree of
need for the approval of others, be careful.
If you find yourself unwilling to
take actions that others disapprove of,
you have lost control of your own life
and have given your destiny to others.
An excessive need-for-approval
is a sign of low self-esteem,
and in severe cases, a condition termed co-dependency.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make,
both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control
the process of choosing, you can take control
of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom
that comes from being in charge of yourself.
- Robert Foster Bennett
Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts.
If you don't control what you think,
you can't control what you do.
Simply, self-discipline enables you
to think first and act afterward.
- Napoleon Hill
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
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)
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect,
and the absence of ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
- Henry David Thoreau
Ninety-nine percent of who you are
is invisible and untouchable.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby
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
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy
We must be our own before we can be another's.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have a great deal of company in the house,
especially in the morning when nobody calls.
- Henry David Thoreau
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
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
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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
No one is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make your "yes" mean yes,
and your "no" mean no.
- John Wooden
If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The importance of history is in it's
educational value for our lives today,
not in regret, resentment, or revenge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't look for approval from anyone other than yourself.
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You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise
Free-Will is the key to the prison of the mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I'm not a genius.
I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself,
than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
- Henry David Thoreau
He who lives in harmony with himself
lives in harmony with the universe.
- Marcus Aurelius
We disrespect ourselves and our free-will
whenever we say that we NEED to do something.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Every man has his own courage,
and is betrayed because he seeks in himself
the courage of other persons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom is from within.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Real excellence and humility are
not incompatible one with the other,
on the contrary they are twin sisters.
- Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
We all go through life bristling
at our external limitations,
but the most difficult chains
to break are inside us.
- Bradley Whitford
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
Other people do not have to change
for us to experience peace of mind.
- Gerald Jampolsky
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
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
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain
A man who doesn't trust himself
can never really trust anyone else.
- Cardinal De Retz
Goes the song, "we change, we change."
But the music is still mine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Never do things others can do and will do
if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
- Amelia Earhart
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important
as what you become by achieving your goals.
- Henry David Thoreau
To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous
What you do speaks so loudly
that I cannot hear what you say.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your time is limited,
so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
WHY do you care what THEY think?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
- Stevie Wonder
At the Core of Our Suffering
are those Self-Imposed Limitations (Assumptions)
of which We are Completely Unaware.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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