#yours

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. ↗

— Truman Capote

#does #fine #just #knowing #laws

Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#comfortable #feel #grow #heal #i

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself. ↗

— Hoagy Carmichael

#anything #get #hostile #least #make

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself. ↗

— Joel A. Barker

#go #leader #person #place #will

So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles. ↗

— Steve Case

#best #comfort #comfort zone #figure #fill

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

The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#becomes #get #help #how #i

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone. ↗

— Kate Bush

#alone #awful #because #deal #friends

The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#fit #happy #hardest #i #i think

South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#blessed #give #hands #hearts #like