Yourself
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If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself — whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. — because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype.
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives — the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.
Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.