I decided that it was not wisdom that
enabled poets to write their poetry,
but a kind of instinct or inspiration,
such as you find in seers and prophets
who deliver all their sublime messages
without knowing in the least what they mean.
- Socrates
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Get the habit of analysis -
analysis will in time enable synthesis
to become your habit of mind.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
- Pablo Picasso
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You do not need anyone's permission to be your 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 not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
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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)
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
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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
Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
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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
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
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
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.
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
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This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
Whatever you are, be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous.
We are timid only when
there is something we can still cling to.
- Carlos Castaneda
The Four Agreements
1.Be impeccable with your word.
2.Don't take anything personally.
3.Don't make assumptions.
4.Always do your best.
- don Miguel Ruiz
You don't need anybody to tell you
who you are or what you are.
You are what you are!
- John Lennon
It is by going down into the abyss
that we recover the treasures of life.
Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
- Joseph Campbell
Your time is limited,
so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
Once you label me, you negate me.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer,
in my mind I am free.
- Stephen Hawking
You are today where your thoughts have brought.
- James Allen
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
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
The whole world can gossip about you,
and if you don't take it personally you are immune.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Most people don't CHOOSE their value system -
they simply inherit the beliefs of their parents and community.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Remember that nurturing yourself is as important
(if not more so) as nurturing others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
There's a point... when you have to choose
whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life,
or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you,
but it is most important that you do it.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
- Stevie Wonder
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
Never bend your head. Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye.
- Helen Keller
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect,
and the absence of ego.
- 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
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe,
that lures him to evil ways.
- The Buddha
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
- Helen Keller
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
Gain happiness by living in the present -
without regret for the past or fear of the future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
- Tony Robbins
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor
to be what you desire to appear.
- Socrates
Wisdom has its root in goodness,
not goodness its root in wisdom.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction
is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please,
or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
Our mettle is tested by storms,
not by calm.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Whenever you do a thing,
act as if all the world were watching.
- Thomas Jefferson
Value your own opinion more, and others' opinions less.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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