I learned some things about myself. I guess it came the hard way. Now I know what counts. ~ Bouncing Souls

We don’t believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred of our touch. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ Lee Cummings

From day to day, nothing so surely defines the quality of our lives as the unwavering affirmation in the eyes, in the voices, in the presence of our friends. It is through them that we truly begin to know ourselves; and it is their affection that assures our dignity and worth.

I am who I am and people can take it one way or the other, but at least I’m living honestly. ~ Angelina Jolie

What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.

Bottom line is, even if you see ‘em coming, you’re not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their lives to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can’t help that. It’s what you do afterwards that counts. That’s when you find out who you are. You’ll see what I mean.

The hardest battle you are ever going to fight is the battle to be you.

Be yourself, but be your best self.

Don’t say you know me when I don’t even know myself.

Now that you know who you are, what do you want to be? ~ The Beatles

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all. ~ Madonna

Be yourself, not what others want you to be.

There’s nothing quite like being sure of what’s in your heart.

Don’t forget to love yourself. ~ Soren Keirkegaard

When you tell someone something bad about yourself … you’re scared they won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, but they love you even more.

You have to laugh at yourself, because if you didn’t, you’d cry your eyes out. ~ Emily Dickinson

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

There's a song I was listening to, up all night. There's a voice I'm hearing saying it's alright. When I'm happy, I am sad. But everything's good. It's not that complicated, I'm just misunderstood. ~ Pink

I hope that my achievements in life shall be these: that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, that I will have given help to those who were in need, that I will have left the earth a better place for what I’ve done and who I’ve been. ~ C. Hoppe

You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will never find that person anywhere.

When we see beneath the mask of physical appearance, we see emotions, desires, fears, wishes, and dreams. We see ourselves.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of “crackpot” than the stigma of conformity. ~ Thomas J. Watson

No one else in the world is like you. Ain't that amazing? ~ Muhammad Ali

No one thinks that I cry myself to sleep every night. No one knows that I’m not that strong. But maybe it’s time for someone to find out that the person they know is not the real me. ~ Michelle Burns