“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”
“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”
“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”
“So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.”
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”
“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.”
“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.”
“People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.”
“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.”
”If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.”
“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
