Quotes

Never mind searching for who you are.  Search for the person you aspire to be.  ~Robert Brault




There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  ~Anaïs Nin




All men should strive
to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why.
~James Thurber




I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.  ~Michel de Montaigne




If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found.  ~Author Unknown




Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.  ~Henry David Thoreau




I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life.  The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.  ~Mark Twain




You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.  ~James A. Froude


Respect your efforts, respect yourself.  Self-respect leads to self-discipline.  When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.  ~Clint Eastwood




Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.  ~Peter McArthur


The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
African Proverb

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
Marcel Proust

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
Les Brown

The words "I am" are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.
A.L. Kitselman

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
Author Unknown

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.Bruce Barton


At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?
Phillip C. McGraw

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
David Brinkley

Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.
Les Brown

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.
Author Unknown

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
Roderick Thorp
I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.
Katherine Anne Porter

Put your future in good hands - your own.
Author Unknown