#yours

I was the Duff. And that was a good thing. Because anyone who didn't feel like the Duff must not have friends. Every girl feels unattractive sometimes. Why had it taken me so long to figure that out? Why had I been stressing over that dumb word for so long when it was so simple? I should be proud to be the Duff. Proud to have great friends who, in their minds, were my Duffs. ↗

— Kody Keplinger

#friends #friendship #self-confidence #yourself #youth

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#life #remaining-silent #reticence #wisdom #life

Imitation is suicide. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#creativity #life #life

Whoever you end up with, you shouldn't be changing a thing for them. Nothing. Don't be with anyone if you can't be you. Because you're bang on just as you are. ↗

— Lucy Robinson

#change

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find. ↗

— E.L. Konigsburg

#self-discovery #self-discovery

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ground #how #learning #miss #throw

Romantic Egoist Nozomi: You've got an idea in your head... how you should act, but you can't act like, so you stifle yourself and don't even try. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#self-expression #yourself #love

Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you ↗