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Self Quotes
"Living someone else's dream is truly a nightmare. None should forfeit their life's aspirations to toil for the goals of another. Unity of purpose is a sentence. Collectivism is a crime, theft of individual worth."
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"I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Finally, I'm here and I'm old. It's depressing, it really is."
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"Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile, stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions."
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"For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself, whether it be by means of this or that poetry or art; only then is a human being at all tolerable to behold. Whoever is dissatisfied with himself is constantly ready for revenge, and we others will be his victims, if only by having to endure his ugly sight."
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"He is not only idle who does nothing but he is idle who might be better employed."
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"Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again though it contradict everything you said today."
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"I'm me," she whispered. "Me"Nel didn't know quite what she meant, but on the other hand she knew exactly what she meant."I'm me. I'm not their daughter. I'm not Nel. I'm me. Me."Every time she said the word me there was a gathering in her like power, like joy, like fear. Back in bed with her discovery, she stared out the window at the dark leaves of the horse chestnut."Me," she murmured. And then, sinking deeper into the quilts, "I want... I want to be... wonderful. Oh, Jesus, make me wonderful."
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"What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self."
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"Be mindful of your self-talk. It is a conversation with the universe. You are a being, full of infinite possibilities! Focus your mind with positivity and you will have dictated the direction of your journey, your soul and your being, cascading in infinite abundance."
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"Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person."
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"What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."
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"It was suddenly Technicolor clear: the only thing holding me from giving myself vision this entire time had actually simply been me.I saw how in the fall and winter of my childhood, I'd walked through the golden aspens. And then I simply committed and gave myself my own eyes.I had once again proven that again alone, I was again enough."
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"The tattoo is there not because I believe there is something wrong with me. It's there to remind me that our flaws are our strengths."
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"Think about the word mould for a moment. A mould is a device into which one crams and smashes something until it becomes the shape that they desire. Don't spend your life letting other people destroy you while they try and force you into their moulds."
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"Don't ever let anyone bring you down, define who you are or destroy your AWESOMENESS."
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"Lately, when I didn't have room to bitch, I didn't. Maturity, at last."
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"I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches with those who can."
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"Your stomach isn't the boss of you,' Mel says evenly.'Oh,' Jared says, realizing. 'Sorry-'Mel shakes her head, brushing it off. 'Not what I meant. Your heart isn't the boss of you other. Thinks it is. Isn't. You can always choose. Always.''You can't choose not to feel,' Henna says.'But you can choose how to act."
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"The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but actually it's the most natural way to approach any situation. When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it form understanding what it needs to know."
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"I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then."
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"You are magnificent and unique. Love yourself and stay unique and you will beautify this world with your unique art of life."
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"Emotions are not problems to be solved. They are signals to be interpreted."
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"Decorate yourself with the beauty of love."
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"When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings."
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"When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points."
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"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."
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"I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over."
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"I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
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"Admittedly, I am not the one who looks fantastic in everything, but still I cannot help loving myself."
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"Insecurity is debilitating. It cripples your motivation and breaks your spirit. The condition is NOT insurmountable, but healing will only begin when self loathing ends. Once you learn to love the person you are, there are no limits to the person you can become."
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"How can we "find ourselves again? How can man "know himself? He is a thing obscure and veiled. If the hare has seven skins, man can cast from him seventy times seven skins, and not be able to say: "Here you truly are; there is skin no more.Also this digging into oneself, this straight, violent descent into the pit of one's being, is a troublesome and dangerous business to start. You may easily take such hurt, that no doctor can heal you. And what is the point: since everything bears witness to our essence - our friendships and enmities, our looks and greetings, our memories and forgetfulnesses, our books and our writing!"
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"I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself."
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"If you want to be great at something, be great at being your most treasured self. Life is about connection, and how can you give apart of yourself to someone; too hold onto, if you don't know which part they want most?"
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"People define you based on what you value..."
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"The 7 Steps to Transformation:1. Dream it.2. Envision it.3. Think it.4. Grow it.5. Become it.6. Live it.7. OWN it."
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"Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy."
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"Be yourself! Now that would be different!"
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