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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
- Michel de Montaigne
Related topics: Values Life Human-Nature Psychology Self Honor
I do myself a greater injury in lying
than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
- Michel de Montaigne
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.
- Michel de Montaigne
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
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 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)
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe
Curiosity takes courage.
The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.
Pay Attention.
Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
- 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
Never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself.
- Confucius (Ancient Chinese)
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Inferiority Complex:
a name for not loving yourself enough.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
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
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
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
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone
who is more deserving of your
love and affection than you are yourself,
and that person is not to be found anywhere.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe
deserve your love and affection.
- The Buddha
Be gentle first with yourself -
if you wish to be gentle with others.
- Lama Yeshe
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
Love yourself as you truly are -
and live courageously.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
- The Buddha
The way you get meaning into your life
is to devote yourself to loving others,
devote yourself to your community around you,
and devote yourself to creating something
that gives you purpose and meaning
- Mitch Albom
Seek not outside yourself.
- A Course in Miracles
To travel is to take a journey into yourself.
- Danny Kaye
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
When you make a world tolerable for yourself,
you make a world tolerable for others.
- Anais Nin
Know that life's burdens are lighter when you laugh at yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is not fair to ask of others
what you are not willing to do yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Choose love. Choose to release all resentments.
Forgive everyone. Choose to release all regrets.
Forgive yourself for all decisions that you have ever made
that didn't work out as you hoped.
Forgive yourself for any financial decisions
that didn't meet your expectations.
Release your regrets if you choose
the "wrong" spouse or the "wrong" career.
Today, choose love.
Choose to love yourself.
Choose to love your life.
Choose to love all the friends, family, co-workers,
acquaintances, and others who share your life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust yourself. Only you can live your life.
Only you can taste your victories.
Only you can suffer the sting of your defeats.
Make your own choices, and accept your own consequences -
for better or worse.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Get over it - Life isn't Supposed to be fair.
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
Get over yourself, and be of service to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
- Benjamin Spock
Your sacred space is where you can
find yourself again and again.
- Joseph Campbell
First say to yourself what you would be;
then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
Be yourself. There is nothing more for you to do
than to be the best YOU that you can be -
with no imitation, no pretense, no guilt, no shame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
- Reggie Leach
God is Within You!
You yourself are the creator.
If you find that place within you
from which you brought this thing about,
you will be able to live with it and affirm it,
perhaps even enjoy it, as your life.
- Joseph Campbell
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything.
You are you and that is the beginning and the end -
no apologies, no regrets.
- Henry Kissinger
Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Smile.
Today would be a wonderful day
not to take life so seriously.
Today may end up the way you prefer -
and it may not.
Happiness is not about being a winner -
it's about being gentle with life -
being gentle with yourself.
Let life be a dance,
and choose the kind of
dance you want for today -
perhaps a gentle loving dance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
True love means putting the other person before yourself,
and honoring the relationship above all.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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
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