If you can't protect yourself with talk, you won't be alive to protect yourself with guns. Votes: 2
Arthur BoydPut a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful. Votes: 2
Alexandra StoddardCompare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?' Votes: 2
Carson KressleyDon't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself. Votes: 2
Josh GrobanReputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Votes: 4 Lois McMaster Bujold
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. Votes: 4 Bindi Irwin
Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories. Votes: 6 Caroline Rhea
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself. Votes: 1 Walter Jon Williams
I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself. Votes: 1 Freddie Hubbard
Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck. Votes: 3 Joss Whedon
Always believe in yourself and never give up because you don't know what success could be right around the corner. Votes: 3 Jamie Hampton
That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling. Votes: 2 Janis Ian
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. Votes: 1 Epictetus
Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful. Votes: 3 Zoe Kravitz
One of a person's greatest emotional needs is to feel appreciated. Start by appreciating yourself. Votes: 3 Denise Austin
All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world. Votes: 1 Bill Kurtis
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself, 'What makes me come alive?' Because what the world - a wife, a child - needs is men who have come alive. Votes: 5 John Eldredge
The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? Votes: 3 Larry Flynt
If you're asking yourself why I have this success and you don't, don't be angry with me-stop and ask yourself what your issues are that are holding you back. Votes: 3 Jennifer Hudson
How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next? Votes: 3 Adam Mansbach
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. Votes: 2 Jesse Owens
Remind yourself daily that someone somewhere is happy with less than you possess. Votes: 14 Maddy Malhotra
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility. Votes: 3 Nelson Mandela
Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves. Votes: 4 Tsoknyi Rinpoche
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride Votes: 3 Karen Horney
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen. Votes: 1 Deep Roy
I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake. Votes: 3 Kelley Armstrong
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. Votes: 1 Henry A. Kissinger
You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. Votes: 3 Stephen Covey
Ultimately, the definition of bravery is not being afraid of yourself. Votes: 3 Chogyam Trungpa
Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing. Votes: 3 Brendan Dooling
Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself. Votes: 1 Leo Howard
You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full. Votes: 1 Jason Aldean
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are. Votes: 5 Jeph Jacques
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Votes: 1 Anna Quindlen
Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself. Votes: 3 Ang Lee
Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself. Votes: 3 Paramahansa Yogananda
Money is cool, but being proud of yourself is something that's so rare. Votes: 3 Lucas Till
You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud. Votes: 1 Paula Radcliffe
Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions! Votes: 1 David Pratt
Being popular isn't everything; being true to yourself is! Votes: 4 Paul Butcher
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. Votes: 4 Julius Charles Hare
I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself. Votes: 2 Ariel Pink
There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character. Votes: 3 Kim Kardashian
Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing. Votes: 1 Brendan Dooling
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. Votes: 3 Gail Devers
Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it. Votes: 4 Diane Sawyer
If you do not believe yourself no one else will. Votes: 4 Sheryl Swoopes
Believe in yourself and believe in magic. Votes: 2 Theophilus London
Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself. Votes: 3 Ruth Stout
It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself. Votes: 7 Dale Earnhardt
If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that. Votes: 1 Sean Quinn
Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself! Votes: 3 Herman Cain
You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson Votes: 3 Matt Groening
I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read. Votes: 3 Chris Bohjalian
Yes, I am scared of prison. It's the last thing if you are after building up a business over 38 years and you are approaching your 66th birthday and you never owed a man a penny and you feel hard done by and you try to protect yourself and your family and go to prison - if that is the society we are living in, I am happy to accept that. Votes: 2 Sean Quinn
I think a lot of trainers are forgetting to take care of themselves and focusing only on their clients. You see it with doctors, nurses, and caretakers. If you put too much effort into only helping others, you are neglecting yourself, and your health is the only thing that makes it possible for you to help others. Votes: 1 Jessie Pavelka
It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the process -- what you learn about yourself by challenging yourself, the experiences you share with other people, the honesty the training demands -- those are things nobody can take away from you whether you finish twelfth or you're an Olympic Champion. Votes: 3 Silken Laumann
Be still; quietly remember the presence of and within yourself, and you will know, without thinking, that while all around you everything changes, within you lives something unchanging. Votes: 3 Guy Finley
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. Votes: 7 Jim Rohn
The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself. Votes: 3 Don Shula
You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. Votes: 3 James Taylor
There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence is something that comes with age and experience - it has to be earned along the way. Votes: 3 Cherie Lunghi
Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self. Votes: 3 Iyanla Vanzant
Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Votes: 4 Jennie Finch
Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it Votes: 3 Charles Sheldon
With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about. Votes: 3 Brian Tracy
If you want to control other people, first control yourself. Votes: 4 Abu Bakr
If you do not have the courage to be yourself, what will you be? Votes: 3 The Silver Elves
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Votes: 3 George Bernard Shaw
These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself shaving. And these are not the sorts of things you feel the need to experience before you write about them. Votes: 4 Linwood Barclay
If one door closes, another opens. As far as you're growing and updating yourself, the world craves to have a piece of you. Votes: 3 Assegid Habtewold
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought- so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master. Votes: 2 Dalai Lama
Transform your dreams into reality. You know you have what it takes to make your dreams come true. Start now and dedicate yourself to success. Shoot for the stars. You can do it. Votes: 4 Mark F. LaMoure
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. Votes: 2 June Jordan
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. Votes: 6 Alan Watts
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something. Votes: 4 Noah Baumbach
Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear. Votes: 2 Sarah Dessen
You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming, Votes: 3 Chris Gardner
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Votes: 3 Steven Biko
From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now. Votes: 3 Epictetus
You discover yourself through the research of your work. Votes: 3 Carine Roitfeld
You discover yourself through the research of your work. Votes: 4 Carine Roitfeld
You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings. Votes: 1 Nicolas Malebranche
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Votes: 6 Napoleon Bonaparte
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. Votes: 2 Napoleon Hill
My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.' Votes: 1 Hilary Duff
People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. Votes: 3 Eric S. Raymond
I would like to say to children, 'Don't stop drawing. Don't tell yourself you can't draw.' Everyone can draw. If you make a mark on a page, you can draw. Votes: 1 Chris Riddell
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again. Votes: 3 Dorothy Fields
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. When it comes to investing, nothing will pay off more than educating yourself. Do the necessary research, study and analysis before making any investment decisions. Votes: 2 Benjamin Franklin
The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it. Votes: 2 Adyashanti
You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle. Votes: 2 Talib Kweli
Gather the courage to encourage yourself. Your self-motivation will energize you to dream of bigger ambitions to accomplish in life! Votes: 3 Israelmore Ayivor
You have to be careful what you imagine, because the act of imagining is the act of encouraging yourself to be a certain kind of person. Votes: 3 Margaret Drabble
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. Votes: 4 Ayn Rand
There's a sort of sibling moratorium when you're establishing yourself as an adult. So much of your energy has to be focused on other things like work and kids. But when people become more settled, siblings tend to regroup because now you're building a new extended family. Votes: 3 Jeffrey Kluger
Learn to experience yourself without judging yourself. Votes: 3 Bryant McGill
Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it. Votes: 3 Ali ibn Abi Talib
The asanas are useful maps to explore yourself, but they are not the territory. Votes: 3 Donna Farhi
You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive. Votes: 2 Emily Mortimer
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Votes: 4 Bruce Lee
I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear. Votes: 1 Victoria Justice
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Votes: 6 Bruce Lee
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Votes: 2 Jim Morrison
If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny. Votes: 3 Rachel Roy
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. Votes: 2 Dale Carnegie
Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself. Votes: 4 Frank Bruno
Stop fighting yourself and accept where you are in life. Let this time in your life motivate you to let go of all of the things that are holding you back. Votes: 3 Robert Tew
I think if we want to find happiness by finding a life partner, then it's a little selfish. You should be complete within yourself, so that when you're in a relationship, you can give out happiness rather than expect it. Votes: 1 Shahid Kapoor
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Votes: 4 George Bernard Shaw
I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself. Votes: 1 Mackenzie Davis
Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect. Votes: 3 Rob Reiner
There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life. Votes: 7 Pete Maravich
If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him. Votes: 2 John Spence
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. Votes: 6 George Bernard Shaw
The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too. Votes: 1 Jane Fonda
The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. Votes: 4 Tyler Perry
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. Votes: 3 Jim Morrison
When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level. Votes: 3 Zig Ziglar
If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself. Votes: 3 Mark Batterson
The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose. Votes: 2 Marianne Williamson
You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving. Votes: 3 Queen Latifah
If there is someone in your life who is not serving you or making you better, give yourself permission to move on. Votes: 5 Niecy Nash
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Votes: 1 Angela Davis
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism. Votes: 3 Caroline Kennedy
Give yourself enough time to really learn how to cook. Votes: 2 Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Women need to hear the words, 'It's okay if things don't go exactly the way you want them to.' Give yourself a break! Votes: 1 Brooke Burke
No one can give you better advice than yourself. Votes: 1 Marcus Tullius Cicero
Be bold, and try not to fall in love with your faults. Don't be so afraid of giving yourself away, either, for if yo write, you must. And if you can't face that, better not write. Votes: 3 Katherine Anne Porter
Itâs not about finding your voice, itâs about giving yourself permission to use your voice. Votes: 3 Kris Carr
When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more. Votes: 1 Simon Van Booy
If in a tense or nervous situation, take a moment to center and ground yourself and make a thoughtful decision. Remember that nothing is as important as it first seems. Votes: 3 Robert Cheeke
When you use your mind to grow yourself, education doesn't come into it. Votes: 3 Stephen Richards
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people. Votes: 1 Thich Nhat Hanh
Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness. Votes: 3 Orison Swett Marden
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. Votes: 5 Ernie Banks
Exploiting yourself sexually is not a good look. I don't find it encouraging...I just stand there and sing. I'm not worried that I'm a 'plus size' and so much bigger than other artists. No matter what you look like the key is to be happy with yourself. Votes: 2 Adele
I know that you cannot hate other people without hating yourself. Votes: 2 Oprah Winfrey
It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner. Votes: 2 Vince Lombardi
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Votes: 1 Bruce Lee
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you. Votes: 2 Miguel de Unamuno
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. Votes: 1 Saint Francis de Sales
You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life. Votes: 2 Elizabeth Edwards
You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community. Votes: 3 William P. Young
To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on. Votes: 7 Dave Pelzer
When you have seen the things I have seen and traveled all over the world, you would not be honest to yourself and the world to [look away]. Votes: 3 Michael Jackson
Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself. Votes: 4 Ang Lee
They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present. Votes: 3 Naomi Judd
The most important thing, in anything you do, is always trying your hardest, because even if you try your hardest and it's not as good as you'd hoped, you still have that sense of not letting yourself down. Votes: 3 Tom Holland
So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride - that's everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can humble ourselves. Votes: 5 Tim Tebow
Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain. Votes: 1 Joe Davis
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. Votes: 2 Vince Lombardi
You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture. You've got to become them." (Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History) Votes: 2 David McCullough
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Votes: 1 Emma Stone
My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain. Votes: 1 Phyllis George
Having no competition is a bad thing. Competition makes you try to improve yourself all the time. Votes: 3 Shu Qi
Give so much to the improvement of yourself, that you don't have time to criticize others. Votes: 3 Jim Rohn
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. Votes: 2 Norman Vincent Peale
Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way. Votes: 4 Ryan Lilly
The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others. Votes: 3 Deepak Chopra
Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.' Votes: 3 Estelle
Don't be afraid to lose. Listen. And always invest in yourself. Votes: 3 Pitbull
I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent. Votes: 5 Kate Bosworth
Hotness is uniqueness and just being yourself - that's hot. Votes: 4 Ryan Cabrera
I truly believe that you can do anything if you just believe in yourself. Votes: 4 Jesy Nelson
Happiness just doesn't happen. You have to force yourself. Votes: 2 Stewart Rahr
It doesn`t matter if you have a valentine or not - just love yourself and be your own. Votes: 2 Kim Kardashian
You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself. Votes: 2 Diana Ross
There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret. Votes: 3 Daniel Handler
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Votes: 1 Lucille Ball
It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late. Votes: 3 Emile M. Cioran
Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better. Votes: 4 Catie Curtis
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. Votes: 4 Lao Tzu
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. Votes: 4 William Arthur Ward
Part of the philosophy of 'The Dice Man' is that you have got to be laughing at yourself at every moment and be free of yourself at every moment. Votes: 4 Luke Rhinehart
You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself. Votes: 4 Robin S. Sharma
If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy. Votes: 1 Kristin Chenoweth
As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself. Votes: 3 Troy Vincent
I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself. Votes: 3 Hilton Als
You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live. Votes: 3 Donald Kagan
Ignoring the source of creation and trying to conduct your life yourself is a terribly egoistic and ignorant attitude towards life. Votes: 3 Jaggi Vasudev
Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself. Votes: 3 Josh Groban
Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself. Votes: 2 Eckhart Tolle
Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding. Votes: 2 Christopher Barzak
Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again. Votes: 2 Bob Marley
Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life. Votes: 1 Irwin Shaw
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." and so in you the child your mother lives on and through your family continues to live... so at this time look after yourself and your family as you would your mother for through you all she will truly never die. Votes: 2 Rajneesh
I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change Votes: 4 Michael Jackson
Look at yourself in the mirror and don't be afraid to notice how beautiful you are. Votes: 3 Yoko Ono
The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick. Votes: 2 Max Lucado
Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun. Votes: 4 Jude Law
It's funny looking at yourself. You know how it is when you look back at old pictures? It's just funny looking back at yourself walking and talking at age 14. Votes: 4 Jennifer Connelly
If you look to your past or even your present to see why you are here or what your purpose is, you may get stuck in a limited view of yourself. Instead, look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the divine, and bring forth your soul's legacy into the present moment. Votes: 1 Debbie Ford
Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good. Votes: 1 Kate Upton
Will is guided by wisdom. Wisdom comes from introspection, looking inside yourself, probing, studying the wisdom of the teachers, the masters and bringing that into your mind. Votes: 3 Frederick Lenz
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. Votes: 3 Calvin Coolidge
Being irrational and out of control is what happens in real life. Not cautiously choreographing your anger or your emotions, losing yourself in them is what happens in real life. Votes: 1 Margot Robbie
Many introverts feel there's something wrong with them, and try to pass as extroverts. But whenever you try to pass as something you're not, you lose a part of yourself along the way. You especially lose a sense of how to spend your time. Votes: 1 Susan Cain
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. Votes: 3 Norman Vincent Peale
If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost. Votes: 4 Mary J. Blige
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. Votes: 2 Carl Sandburg
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Votes: 6 Josh Billings
You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else. Votes: 7 Jennifer Lopez
If you want to understand yourself, Then do not examine yourself. Just love yourself more sincerely, More soulfully And more self-givingly. Votes: 2 Sri Chinmoy
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself. Votes: 4 Barbara de Angelis
The secret to getting away with lying, is believing with all your heart. That goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another Votes: 2 Elizabeth Bear
You can make yourself happy or miserable - it's the same amount of effort. Votes: 3 Ray Bradbury
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself. Votes: 2 Anne Rice
It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people. Votes: 1 T. J. Miller
The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it's making peace with yourself. Votes: 3 Sherrilyn Kenyon
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it. Votes: 1 John Cusack
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself. Votes: 3 Talib Kweli
It's a different thing when you go into a studio and you record with the intent of going somewhere and you're marketing yourself for that direction. Votes: 3 Ben E. King
You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive. Votes: 4 Jerry Seinfeld
There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream. Votes: 3 Dan Gable
To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be. Votes: 1 Marcus Samuelsson
Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don't care what people think and just go for it. Votes: 2 Britney Spears
...if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy keeping one eye on the commercial market, or one ear peeled for the avant-garde coterie, that you are not being yourself. You don't even know yourself. For the first thing a writer should be is-- excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Votes: 2 Ray Bradbury
We can't underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don't, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams. Votes: 3 Jewel
If you are not thinking for yourself, someone else is thinking for you. Choose for yourself and become free from society's undertow. The Universe is ready to support you. Votes: 3 Michael Beckwith
You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that. Votes: 1 Kimora Lee Simmons
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you. Votes: 2 Miguel de Unamuno
I want to tell women that you need to love yourself and make yourself a priority. It's only when you are happy yourself, can you make everyone else around you happy. I am still a dreamer and still believe in fairy tales, but there is only that much one should give another person. You need to keep something for yourself. Votes: 1 Bipasha Basu
Winning isn't about finishing in first place. It isn't about beating the others. It is about overcoming yourself. Overcoming your body, your limitations, and your fears. Winning means surpassing yourself and turning your dreams into reality. Votes: 3 Kilian Jornet
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly. Votes: 4 Amby Burfoot
If you start painting yourself into a corner, life starts shutting down. There is always hopefully a next. Votes: 3 Les Wexner
It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by a taboo. Votes: 3 Garrett Hardin
To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on. Votes: 5 Dave Pelzer
We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again. Votes: 3 Patrick Ness
Put a picture of yourself as a child in view somewhere, to remind yourself to be playful. Votes: 3 Alexandra Stoddard
Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Votes: 2 Napoleon Hill
Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one. Votes: 4 Benjamin Franklin
My mother told me that life isn't always about pleasing yourself and that sometimes you have to do things for the sole benefit of another human being. I completely agreed with her, but reminded her that that was what blow jobs were for. Votes: 3 Chelsea Handler
Don't be like an insecure person who only likes to be in a circle where he is the most successful one. Perhaps so that everyone in that circle would respect him. You should always position yourself in a circle that challenges you very often to push harder and do better Votes: 4 Edmond Mbiaka
If you knew the power within yourself to be truly happy, to be truly whole, then you would never ask another to become the image you desire for yourself, in order to be happy and whole. Votes: 3 Stephen Richards
Sometimes when you're suffering really intensely, you can't pray for yourself. Votes: 1 Anne Graham Lotz
All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen. Votes: 6 Sidney Lumet
To be responsible, keep your promises to others. To be successful, keep your promises to yourself. Votes: 2 Marie Forleo
You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible. Votes: 6 Klaus Kinski
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Votes: 3 Jonathan Safran Foer
I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Votes: 2 Robert H. Schuller
The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Votes: 7 Eddie Vedder
Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge. Votes: 2 Richard E. Grant
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. Votes: 2 Larry Bird
I enjoy the element of pushing yourself, learning something new, whether it's a dance step, a scene, an emotion. Votes: 2 Kenny Wormald
Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre. Votes: 1 Kevin Powers
The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have. Votes: 3 Christopher Reeve
The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back. Votes: 2 John Cusack
I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role. Votes: 3 Gary Carr
In New York, you are competing with Times Square lights and all of that, so you've got to be 300 pounds and crazy to get anyone's attention. Then, you can refine yourself. I always knew under those 300 pounds and tracksuits was a refined, slim, dignified man. Votes: 3 Al Sharpton
What you see in other people is a reflection of yourself. A person of goodness sees goodness in others and a person of evil sees evil in others. Votes: 4 Omar Suleiman
When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. Votes: 3 George Lopez
Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your relationship with yourself. Votes: 3 Joyce Meyer
I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to. Votes: 3 Dabney Coleman
Everything I do, writing, touring, travelling, it all comes from the punk and hardcore attitude, from that expression - from being open to try things but relying on yourself, taking what you have into the battle and making of it what you will, hoping you can figure it out as you go. Make some sense of it. Votes: 3 Henry Rollins
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. Votes: 2 Paramahansa Yogananda
Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. Votes: 3 Ralph Marston
I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people. Votes: 6 Little Milton
A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others. Votes: 3 Jena Malone
I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it. Votes: 3 Jason Giambi
You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul. Votes: 1 Mariska Hargitay
In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship. Votes: 4 Joseph Campbell
Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble. Votes: 5 Hunter S. Thompson
If you're secure in yourself, and even if you're not secure in yourself, you don't need to bully. Votes: 3 Joan Jett
A witticism in an airport security line is like a Swiss tap - turn it on, and you instantly find yourself in hot water. Votes: 1 Shashi Tharoor
Imagine and see yourself at your best. Change yourself with hard work, to become the excellent person you want to be. Votes: 4 Mark F. LaMoure
I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much fun working out as I do skating. And seeing your body change, and seeing yourself get bigger and more toned and cut, makes a big difference in how you feel about yourself. Votes: 1 Ryan Sheckler
If you are going to sell yourself, you should at least get a good price. Votes: 5 Stefan Zweig
The worst financial transaction you will ever make is selling yourself short. Votes: 3 Greg Gilbert
You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards. Votes: 1 Brian Tracy
And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?" Votes: 6 Maya Angelou
But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in. Votes: 1 Dee Snider
But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in. Votes: 1 Dee Snider
Anorexia taught me to love life and to realise that starving yourself to death is a bloody waste of time. It's awful and it hurts so many people around you. It's a terribly selfish thing to do. Votes: 4 Celia Imrie
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. Votes: 4 Michelle Obama
I've been successful, but I haven't had any unwanted attention. To be honest, I've never invited or courted attention. I think if you act normal, then people will treat you normally. If you go around with a big entourage all the time, you're not staying true to yourself. Votes: 3 Bonnie Tyler
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy. Votes: 4 Stephen Fry
Have strength in yourself always .think and remember not just what you should do, but also what you want to do. (Ageha , Basara, Vol. 13) Votes: 3 Yumi Tamura
Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy. Votes: 1 Nicole Scherzinger
By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence. Votes: 5 Michael J. Gelb
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Votes: 7 Oprah Winfrey
Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people. Votes: 5 Lindsay Lohan
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Votes: 4 Colin Powell
Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people. Votes: 5 Roy Bennett
Happiness is surrounding yourself only with those who bestow their unconditional love and support. Votes: 4 Ken Poirot
I simply want you to give to yourself as much as you give of yourself. By taking care of yourself financially, you will truly be able to take care of those you love. Votes: 6 Suze Orman
Taking care of yourself is so important. Votes: 1 Gabrielle Reece
Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept. Votes: 1 Jonah Hill
You shouldn't feel guilty about taking time for yourself. Every so often, everyone needs to give themselves a big ol' bear hug and treat themselves to some TLC. Votes: 1 Sean Covey
If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. Votes: 1 Kim Kardashian
Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing. Votes: 3 Chris Colfer
You find out what you think by talking to yourself. Votes: 6 Robert Harris
If you don't find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you're teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws. Votes: 3 T. D. Jakes
But I have to grow out of it, because it's very boring, really. Even when you're telling people how crap you are, you're still banging on about yourself. Votes: 1 Emily Mortimer
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. Votes: 4 Sugar Ray Leonard
When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. Votes: 4 Leonard Cohen
Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. Votes: 3 Dexter Holland
I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. Votes: 1 Cass Sunstein
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. Votes: 4 C. S. Lewis
You have to calendar time for yourself even if you have no idea what you're going to do with it. Votes: 4 Susie Bright
There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself. Votes: 1 Mike White
I know it's hard for you to allow yourself to feel this. You've gone so long training yourself to block the feelings and emotions out any time someone touches you. Votes: 3 Colleen Hoover
And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love. Votes: 4 Charlize Theron
When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done. Votes: 6 Ann Curry
When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done. Votes: 1 Ann Curry
If you're nice, if you like yourself, if you treat other people well, you're going to be successful. I guarantee it. Votes: 2 Dannel Malloy
Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. Votes: 6 Rita Dove
As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself. Votes: 2 Rachel True
I think if you don't trust in yourself, it helps to trust in something else. Votes: 4 Noemie Lenoir
How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself. Votes: 1 Shirley Manson
Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself. Votes: 1 Walter Gilbert
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them. Votes: 1 Anna Quindlen
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Votes: 8 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them. Votes: 1 Anna Quindlen
I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail. Votes: 4 Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Telling the truth to yourself is Integrity; Telling the truth to others is Honesty; Telling the truth with no fear or intimidation is Bravity and being free from falsehood is Purity! Votes: 3 Israelmore Ayivor
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment. Votes: 1 B. F. Skinner
How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it. Votes: 1 Barbara Pym
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. Votes: 4 Nikki Giovanni
You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that illness has in your own life, symbolically and, more importantly, quite literally. Votes: 7 Kay Redfield Jamison
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. Votes: 8 M. Scott Peck
Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others. Votes: 5 Tom Ford
You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself. Votes: 3 Zig Ziglar
I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. Votes: 4 Isabelle Adjani
One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me. Votes: 4 Kate Grenville
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers. Votes: 4 Avi
You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too. Votes: 3 Mick Jones
If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that. Votes: 1 Sean Quinn
All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself. Votes: 4 Deepak Chopra
And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity, lightheartedness, and joy are not part of that role. Votes: 4 Eckhart Tolle
Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person. Votes: 4 Gerard Way
If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny. Votes: 2 Alan King