#ourself

You don't go to a comedy and try to laugh. You laugh in spite of yourself. You don't just come on stage and cry. Something has pushed you to cry. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#comedy #cry #go #just #laugh

When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#confidence #friendships #liking-yourself #love-yourself-first #loving-yourself

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#actress #because #become #being #concentrated

Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#changing #even #itself #must #still

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#funny #inspiring #funny

I continue to marvel at the reluctancy of people to look into the mirror and see all the darkness that's within them: all the deceit, the dishonesty, the insincerity, the lack, the need, the want, the lies...they would rather look upon the mural of themselves that they've painted on the wall, and stare at that inanimate portrait of beauty, all the while telling themselves that it is the mirror image of them! This is a falsity, this is unreal! It is only when you turn to the unveiled mirror and bravely face your light and your darkness at once, that you will be able to see the true image of you! How can you pull the thorns from your skin if you are too afraid to open your eyes and look at them? You must open your eyes first, look at the thorns where they are piercing your flesh, and only then can you pull them out! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational #seeing-yourself #the-truth-about-you #truth #wisdom-quotes

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#going #infinitely #life #tough #you

How beautiful to dream. But dreams, I tell Gil, in one of our quiet moments are so damned tiring. He laughs. I can't promise you that you won't be tired, he says. But please know this. There's a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired, Andre. That's where you're going to know yourself. On the other side of tired. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#know-yourself #tired #beauty

Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#finding-meaning #finding-yourself #inspirational-quotes #life-direction #life-lessons-value-of-life-truth

When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#crisis #victims #life