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I'm awash in self-contempt!
- the Woody Allen movie Celebrity
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I have been brought up and trained to have
the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.
- Winston Churchill
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
- Mark Twain
He who joyfully marches in rank and file
has already earned my contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake,
since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
- Albert Einstein
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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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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Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
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)
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
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."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
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.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect,
and the absence of ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The way to develop self-confidence
is to do the thing you fear
and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
- William Jennings Bryan
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
Nothing is more valuable than your self respect.
When you lose respect for yourself, you have lost everything.
Whatever it takes, and whoever you upset,
do what you know - deep inside - is the right thing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Grin your smile; giggle your laugh; unfurl your joy;
dash the last trace of your self-consciousness;
and cavort your most uninhibited play.
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You are a magnificent gift to the world.
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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
- Joseph Campbell
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.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
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.
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
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self,
can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
In my own deepening understanding of myself
I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well.
The better I am at self-care
the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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 I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If a man loses pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears,
however measured or far away.
- Henry David Thoreau
When you do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
You don't need anybody to tell you
who you are or what you are.
You are what you are!
- John Lennon
Once you label me, you negate me.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
With manners comes insincerity.
Truth is sometimes difficult.
- Bono
You can have no dominion greater or
less than that over yourself.
- Leonardo da Vinci
The man who goes alone can start today;
but he who travels with another
must wait till that other is ready.
- Henry David Thoreau
Believe in yourself,
in your vision for your future
and in your ability to take a small step
each day toward achieving your vision.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only
by the man who is as well organized
in his individuality as the mass itself.
- Carl Jung
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make,
both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control
the process of choosing, you can take control
of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom
that comes from being in charge of yourself.
- Robert Foster Bennett
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Other people do not have to change
for us to experience peace of mind.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Face the facts of being what you are,
for that is what changes what you are.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you,
but it is most important that you do it.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
You either do it completely and utterly,
or you should stop doing it.
- Bono (paraphrase)
The freedom we are looking for
is the freedom to be ourselves,
to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives
we will see that most of the time
we do things just to please others ...
The worst part is that most of us
are not even aware that we are not free.
-Don Miguel Ruiz
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
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius
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