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Self-care is critical to having a strong inner foundation.
Taking good care of YOU means the people in your life
will receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.
- Lorraine Cohen
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Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz 
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
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When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
May you delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
May you taste, smell, and touch your dreams of a beautiful tomorrow.
May your sun always shine, and your sky be forever blue.
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Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- Epictetus
It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
- Joseph Campbell
What you seem to be, be really.
- Benjamin Franklin
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
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If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
To thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
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.
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Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
You are a magnificent gift to the world.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
You are today where your thoughts have brought.
- James Allen
Our mettle is tested by storms,
not by calm.
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Necessity never made a good bargain.
- Benjamin Franklin
What you do speaks so loudly
that I cannot hear what you say.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
Great and good are seldom the same man.
- Winston Churchill
You are important. You are the star -
the only star - of your own life show.
Everyone else is a bit player in the great drama of your life.
Be of service to humanity, but never be anyone's doormat.
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Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
- Lao-Tzu
What you think of me is none of my business.
- Terry Cole-Whittaker
Freedom is not worth having if it
does not connote freedom to err.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Your life belongs only to you.
- Ayn Rand
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
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Whenever you do a thing,
act as if all the world were watching.
- Thomas Jefferson
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Forgiveness is the only way to heal
- don Miguel Ruiz
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
I have no need to conform to the stereotypes
others have defined for me.
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Never bend your head. Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye.
- Helen Keller
Smile broadly, sing loudly,
paint your rooms in bold colors,
search every rabbit hole
for a magical white bunny,
have caviar for breakfast
and oatmeal for dinner,
wear a purple coat with a red hat -
dance lightly with life.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
- Walt Whitman
We are what we pretend to be,
so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma -
which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others' opinions
drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage
to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.
- Steve Jobs
What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
- Helen Keller
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
What is necessary to change a person is
to change his awareness of himself.
- Abraham Maslow
I am the lord of myself, accountable to none.
- Benjamin Franklin
You can't be everything to everyone.
- Bill Cosby
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The miracle is not that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
- Mother Teresa
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
You don't need anybody to tell you
who you are or what you are.
You are what you are!
- John Lennon
I will dance a little.
I will move with the wind.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains,
at the huge waves of the sea,
at the long courses of rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars;
and they pass by themselves without wondering.
- St. Augustine
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
WHY do you care what THEY think?
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Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Put on your own oxygen mask first.
- Airline companies
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- 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
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