#oneself

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#courage #courage-to-be-oneself #independent-thought #lightning #lightning-rod

Envy is an insult to oneself. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#insult #oneself

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now. ↗

— Michael Tolkin

#culture #impossible #now #oneself #right

The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#biggest #confidence #conscience #control #critic

Everything and everyone has a place to be, Echo. It’s just a matter of how they get there and when. You have a place; you just have to find it. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#finding #finding-oneself #journey #love #lovers

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#change the world #changing #found #i #oneself

How would your life be different if…You stopped focusing on what you didn’t want and started focusing on what you do want? Let today be the day…You establish a clear intent, make a plan, and take actions towards your intent. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #goal #inspirational #intent #knowing-oneself

At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#change

For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#communication

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#accept #being #oneself #spite #unacceptable