#owe

And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#manipulation #people #pity #powerful #smarts

Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! Today's a new day! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#emotions #happiness #inspirational #motivational #self-empowerment

We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too. ↗

— Billy Baldwin

#debt #due #europe #give #owe

BlessBacks: Souvenirs for those who express their gratitude to their illuminators. ↗

— Julie Saffrin

#blessbacks #inspirational #motivational #power-of-gratitude #self-help

You can't go through life striking out at people who hurt or scare you. All that does is show them that you're weak. It tells them that they've wounded you, and a strong woman never shows her wounds unless it serves a purpose. ↗

— Lisa Cach

#strong #woman #life

The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don't have it yet, pretend that you do. Pretend you're not nervous, pretend you're not scared, and after a while, the pretend part disappears. ↗

— Patricia V. Davis

#women-s-empowerment #life

Roses may say “I love you,” but the cactus says “Fuck off.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#flowers #fuck-off #love #roses #love

The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it is possible. ↗

— Rich DeVos

#empowerment #faith #attitude

Fate is but a dying wish... Of a world that is beyond control. Like a single lotus flower, the future blossoms; Upon its petals, two people shall be free. ↗

— Youka Nitta

#fate #lotus-flower #love #love

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#body #brings #circumstances #confesses #does