Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my strength, in whom I will trust.
- Psalm 18:2
DON'T get officious.
You're not yourself when you're officious -
That is the curse of a government job.
- the movie Harold and Maude (1971)
The most difficult phase of life
is not when no one understands you,
it is when you don't understand yourself.
- Anonymous
TEAMWORK...means never having to take all the blame yourself.
- Anonymous
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The best way to appreciate your job
is to imagine yourself without one.
- Oscar Wilde
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
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.
- Howard Thurman
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
Shake structures.
School yourself.
Look twice at a thing,
once upside down.
Answer yourself clearly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Take charge of your life!
You are responsible to yourself - not to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself.
You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
The person who you're with most in life is yourself
and if you don't like yourself,
you're always with somebody you don't like.
- Marc S. Lewis
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,
and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,
then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion
and a genuine desire to serve others.
- Rod Stryker
Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Trust in the Light.
Darkness is not a force -
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar -
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
Open yourself to the Light!
Hold back nothing,
Trust in the Light.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover is yourself.
- Alan Alda
Imagine for yourself a character,
a model personality whose example you determine to follow,
in private as well as in public.
- Epictetus
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you lose touch with yourself,
you lose yourself in the world.
- Eckhart Tolle
Don't look for approval from anyone other than yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye
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
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare
If you would convince others,
seem open to conviction yourself.
- Lord Chesterfield
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
- Bodhidharma
Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.
- A Course In Miracles (commonly misattributed to Rumi)
Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.
- Benjamin Franklin
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous;
there's really nothing to lose.
There's no wrong you can't make right again,
so be kinder to yourself;
have fun, take chances. There are no bounds.
- Jewel
Forgiving is not a gift to someone else.
Forgiving is your gift to yourself -
a great gift - the gift of happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged
to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your sacred space is where you can
find yourself again and again.
- Joseph Campbell
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it
and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
- Henry David Thoreau
When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
It is better to conquer yourself
than to win a thousand battles.
Then the victory is yours.
It cannot be taken from you,
not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
- The Buddha
Never mind what others do;
do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day,
and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgiveness is really a gift to yourself -
have the compassion to forgive others,
and the courage to forgive yourself.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with.
Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
- Thomas J. Watson Sr.
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
Know that life's burdens are lighter when you laugh at yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
A true friend is one who believes in you
when you have ceased to believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
If your home is not a place where you can truly
kick-back and be yourself - both physically and emotionally -
consider making some changes in your way-of-life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Give yourself the gift of forgiving
everyone you are angry with -
for every action you resent.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be gentle first with yourself -
if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe
The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
Resilience is about believing in yourself,
and trusting your own wisdom rather than
being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
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