Never dull your shine for somebody else.
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
We must do that which we think we cannot.
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.
Humor comes from self-confidence.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.
Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?
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.
To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration - because it's a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks.
Ask yourself what makes you come alive.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
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