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Self-help Quotes


"Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and meaning, people will see this as a mark of confidence, yet you are perhaps shaking inside but outwardly you have the gait of a confident Jedi Knight."


"If you don't love yourself, it makes you incapable of knowing how to love another person."


"If you like who you are then losing yourself isn't a choice! But if you don't like yourself, get lost."


"Sometimes all it takes to change your life is to change your routine."


"There are two things essential if you want to enhance your Jedi self-confidence: 1/ belief that it is possible 2/ that self-help is the best help."


"To rise above the conflicting desires of others, there must be no conflict about your own."


"The good thing about a self-help book is that if you misunderstand something then it won't mock you."


"At your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you've ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered."


"I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting."


"Talk to ourselves in the same way we'd talk to someone we'd love. Yes, you made a mistake. You're human. You don't have to do it like anyone else does. Fixing it and making amends will help. Self-loathing will not. Reach out to someone we trust--a person who has earned the right to hear our story and who has the capacity to respond with empathy."


"The battle between your current state and your desired state cannot be won without a powerful weapon called CHOICE. Your choice determines you."


"Peak Performance is not a destination but a journey!"


"It's OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you're about to do something really, really brave."


"And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as. That was your nature, whether you liked it or not."


"When you shut down vulnerability, you shut down opportunity."


"Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else."


"But before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself."


"Maybe you are in the Abyss of Emotional Bankruptcy looking for a way out, looking for the next rung in the ladder on your climb to the Peak of Happiness, or you may even be at the Peak of Happiness already, looking for a way to stay there. Wherever you are in life, this book is designed to give you the tools necessary to help you achieve your goals."


"Is a self help or personal development book ruining your life?"


"The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us."


"Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name."


"Best to introduce yourself to patience now, so that it might find you when you call upon it later."


"There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman."


"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?"


"You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too."


"Don't grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead."
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