Wednesday, December 7, 2011

We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~Mary Dunbar


When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. ~Norman Vincent Peale


You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ~Eleanor Roosevelt


Don't you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are. ~Jo Blackwell-Preston


There is a Divine and Infinite potential within every soul, an intimate access to the mind of God and the passion of the Universe ~K. Allen Kay


Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in. ~Jane Roberts


Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ~Robert Collier


I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The astonishing light of your own being. ~Hafiz


To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~Thich Nhat Hanh


You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.
~Yogi Bhajan


Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you will ever own.
~Mary Schmich


There is so much love in your heart that you could heal the planet.
~Louise Hay


Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. ~Thaddeus Golas


You are as amazing as you let yourself be. Let me repeat that. You are as amazing as you let yourself be. ~Elizabeth Alraune


Self Esteem begins here: anyone who does not like you is an idiot. Really -aren't they? You are gorgeous, talented and fabulous. ~Chellie Campbell


Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill. ~Jacob M. Braude


Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~William James


I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than conspiring in our own diminishment. ~Dawna Markova


It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields


The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. ~E. E. Cummings


It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things. ~Jo Coudert


The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ~Lao-Tzu


Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.
~Hartman Rector, Jr.


Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence. ~Gary Zukav

The greatest success is successful self-acceptance. ~Ben Sweet

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.
~Sonya Friedman

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. ~Parker Palmer

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. ~Louise L. Hay

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. ~Joseph Campbell

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide. ~Marva Collins

The strongest single factor in aquiring abundance is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it. ~ Jerry Gillies

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. ~Claude Bissell

All that you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it. ~Eileen Caddy

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving. ~Maxwell Maltz

Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.
~Ayn Rand

 
You can’t build joy on a feeling of self-loathing. ~Ram Dass

I forgive myself for having believed for so long that...
I was never good enough to have, get, be what I wanted.
~Ceanne DeRohan

 
It's not your job to like me...it's MINE! ~Byron Katie

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am." ~Oprah Winfrey