#yours

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. ↗

— Epictetus

#correct #evil #laugh #lie #spoken

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#difficulty #doing #going #gold #gold medal

One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right. ↗

— Brian Eno

#art #doing #entertaining #feel #feel good

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from. ↗

— Enya

#anything #change #comes #life #lot

Educate yourself. Understand what you're dealing with. Then figure out how to fight it. Then figure out how to raise money for that fight. It'll help you cope. It'll help your child. ↗

— Boomer Esiason

#cope #dealing #educate #fight #figure

So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life. ↗

— Ben Vereen

#come #dance #day #dedicate #dream

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#believe #believe in yourself #dad #enough #first

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#accept #allow #bullied #define #definition

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#define #definition #life #your #yourself

It's so empowering to see yourself as a machine. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#machine #see #yourself