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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
Whatever good things we build end up building us. ~Jim Rohn
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. ~Dale E. Turner
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't - you're right. ~Henry Ford
You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance. ~David Garrick
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. ~Sam Walton
Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. ~Zig Ziglar
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. ~Baltasar Gracian
Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world. ~Helen Keller
Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world making the most of one's best. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. ~Joe Clark
Reading Hello World out loud as a bold declaration is a great way to boost your self-esteem and uplift your mood and attitude.
Dan Coppersmith is the poet, photographer, healer and teacher behind the inspirational works presented here at SpiritWire.
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~Les Brown
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. ~Richard Bach
The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself. ~Dale Carnegie
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
~Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back. ~Princess Diana
The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work. ~Brian Tracy
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. ~Raymond Hull
We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. ~Ethel Barrett
The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. ~James Allen
There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ~Aldous Huxley
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. ~Denis Waitley
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves. ~Jean De La Bruyere
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. ~A. C. Benson
If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. ~Unknown Author
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. ~Albert Einstein
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. ~Maxwell Maltz
When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. ~Will Rogers
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. ~Anthony Trollope
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. ~Thomas Carlyle
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~Rita Mae Brown
The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing. ~Joseph Wood Krutch
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~Marcel Proust
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anaïs Nin
It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for changing them. ~Denis Waitley
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are…it is our choices. ~Dumbledore
The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. ~Bob Moawad
Never was there anything outside of you. Never shall there be. The infinite expressed, a celebration to discover, YOU are the ONE. ~Harry Palmer
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. ~Dr. Seuss
Bottom line: be yourself, love yourself, accept yourself, respect yourself.
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