Tuesday 31 May 2011

All About You and Yourself - Quotes


A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself. - Unknown

A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself. -Adyashanli

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. - Cullen Hightower

Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets. - Henry A. Kissinger

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland

As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others. - Robert Schuller

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others. - Wilfred A. Peterson

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. - Dr. Seuss

Be yourself! No one will be disillusioned when they discover the ‘real’ you, if that is what they have known and loved all along. - Unknown

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. - George Bernard Shaw

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. - Pope John Xxiii

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. - Norman Vincent Peale

Do not consider yourself more nor less, nor even equal to others, for people are not quantities. Each one is unique and irreplaceable. - Unknown

Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. - Unknown

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. - St. Francis de Sales

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive. - Harold Whitman

Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. - William Faulkner

Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got. - Janis Jopli

Don’t discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. - Michel De Montaigne

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. - John Woode

Enjoy the successes that you have, and don’t be too hard on yourself when you don’t do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it. - Patty Sheehan

Everyone sees who you appear to be, but only a select few know who you really are. - Unknown

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now. You are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality. - Beverly Sills

Feeling good about yourself is essential to feeling good about life. - Unknown

First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do. - Epictetus

If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else. - Nikki Giovanni

If you have enough push, you don’t have to worry about the pull. - Zig Ziglar

If you suffer, it is because of you, if you feel blissful, it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible – only you and you alone. You are you hell and your heaven too. - Osho

If you want to be somebody, somebody really special, be yourself. - Unknown

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. - Benjamin Franklin

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship. - Norman Vincent Peale

Just be yourself, and don’t worry about what anyone thinks. Being genuine is more important than getting the approval of others. - Unknown

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend. - Jeremy Taylor

Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. - Alan Alda

Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept. - Anna Taylor

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try to know someone else and expect them to know you. - Unknown

Never give up on yourself. - Unknown

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning. - Barbara De Angelis 

No one can figure out your worth but you. - Pearl Bailey

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy – unless you let him. - Napoleon Hill

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do. - Lord Chesterfield Stanhope


Surround yourself with people who are only going to lift you higher. - Unknown 

The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you’re going to live long enough to wish you had. - Grace Mirabella

The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can not hope for a fairer match. - Unknown

The real contest is always between what you’ve done and what you’re capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else. - Geoffrey Gaberino

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. - Lao-Tzu

There is power in sincerely being who and what you are instead of mindlessly following the crowd and trying to be someone or something that you are not. You are meant to be YOU. Think for yourself, decided for your self, and walk with your held held high. - Unknown

There has never been anyone like you, nor will there ever be anyone like you again. You are unique, unrepeatable and of precious worth. - John Bradshaw

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

To dream too much of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are. - Unknown

Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. - Unknown

What others think is not important, how you feel about yourself is all that matters. - Unknown

What you think of yourself is more important than what you think others think of you. - Unknown

What you are is a question only you can answer. - Lois Mcmaster Bujold

When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside. - Unknown

When you are content to be simply yourself and do not compare or compete, everybody will respect you. - Lao-Tzu

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise. - James R. Newman

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair. - Paul H. Dunn 

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more. - Oprah Winfrey
       
You are either part of the solution or part of the problem. - Eldridge Cleaver

You are never strong enough that you don’t need help. - Cesar Chavez

You are one of a kind; therefore, no one can really predict to what heights you might soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings! - Unknown

You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven. - Unknown

You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it. - Unknown

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door. - Robert Collier

You can do small things in a great way. - James Freeman Clarke

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be. There’s no one to stop you but yourself. - Dave Thomas

You can make yourself happy or miserable – it's the same amount of effort. - Ray Bradbury

You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.  - James Whittaker

You can pretend to be serious; you cannot pretend to be witty. - Unknown

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. - The Buddha

You can’t be a legend in your parent’s basement. - Joe Walsh

You can’t fatten the pig on market day. - John Howard

You can’t get ahead while getting even. - Dick Armey

You can’t lead a cavalry if you think that you look funny riding a horse. - John Peers

You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. - Gene Mauch

You can’t regret what you can’t remember. - Lisa Birnbach

You can’t win unless you learn how to lose. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You cannot afford to make the mistake of thinking you cannot be replaced. And your employer cannot afford to have a man around that he cannot afford to do without. - Frank Irving Fletcher  

You cannot be truly successful while all those around you failed.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible! - Ezra Taft Benson

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself. - Zig Ziglar

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. - Unknown

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot. - Publilius Syrus

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. - Golda Meir

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart. - Russell Baker

You can't know too much, but you can say too much. - Calvin Coolidge

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. - Gene Mauch

You can't regret what you can't remember. - Lisa Birnbach

You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. - Bonnie Prudden

You can't win unless you learn how to lose. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You didn’t really lose yourself. You lost who you never were but tried to be. Now all that remains is the real you. Introduce yourself and get to know you better. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship. - Unknown

You don’t learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself. - Harry Firestone

You give before you get. - Napoleon Hill

You have all you need within you to become the best version of yourself. - Mastin Kipp

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. - John Morley

You have to be careful about being too careful. - Beryl Pfizer

You just can’t expect a square peg to fit a round hole! - Unknown

You miss a hundred percent of the shots you never take. - Wayne Gretzky

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective. -
Denis Waitley

You never find yourself until you face the truth. - Pearl Bailey

You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. - Hannah Whitall Smith 

You never know until you find out. - Unknown

You never know where bottom is till you plumb for it. - Frederick Laing

You should remember that though another may have more money, beauty, and brains than you, when it comes to the rarer spiritual values such as charity, self-sacrifice, honour, nobility of heart, you have an equal chance with everyone to be the most beloved and honoured of all people. - Archibald Rutledge

You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn’t. - R. Buckminster Fuller

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy. - John Mason

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. - Colette

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. - Norman Vincent Peale

You’re not a finished product. You’re still in the process of being created. - Alfred Osmond

Youve got to go out on a limb sometimes because thats where the fruit is. - Will Rogers

Your best is good enough; good enough is not your best. - Gary E. O'Brien 

Your expression is the most important thing you can wear. - Unknown

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. - Roger Ebert

Your worst humiliation is only someone else’s momentary entertainment. - Unknown Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. - Thomas Edison

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