#yours

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#bad #else #feel #feel good #good

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#difficult #important #know #personal #personal satisfaction

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively. ↗

— America Ferrera

#betty #creatively #doing #else #everyone

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#needless #pain #scary #self-awareness #subject

Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong. ↗

— Hayden Christensen

#because #being #celebrity #constantly #great

Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, chaos is being yourself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#being yourself #chaos #learned #rejecting #you

It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#bother #kill #killing #late #since

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#boring #heroes #heroines #inspire #like

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#collapse #complete #fun #go #how

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life? ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#deny #life #you #your #yourself