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Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.
Miuccia Prada
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
Brené Brown
I am not perfect, but I am enough.
Unknown
Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.
Anne Wilson Schaef
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
Amy Bloom
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'
Mary Anne Radmacher
The only way to do it is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Eleanor Roosevelt
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Mary Tyler Moore
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do.
Brené Brown
You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
Louise L. Hay
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
Carl Jung
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure.
Naomi Wolf
Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'
Ashton Kutcher
Vulnerability is the key to happiness. Vulnerable people are authentic people. And authentic people are happy people.
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Vulnerability is the only way we can feel when we truly share the art we've made. When we share it, when we connect, we're in the present moment.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the willingness to show up and be seen without the guarantee of outcome.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.
Brené Brown
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
Brené Brown
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.
Brené Brown
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Carl Jung
Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.
Lance Secretan
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne
Authenticity is not something we have or don't have. It's a practice - a conscious choice of how we want to live. Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
Brené Brown
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Authenticity is the foundation of a fulfilling life. It takes courage to be true to yourself, but the rewards are worth it.
Mandy Hale
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.
Blake Lively
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Brian Tracy
The only way to do something in life is to be confident. If you're not confident, you'll never be able to do it.
Robert Kiyosaki
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
Venus Williams
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
Joan Didion
Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.
Joan Didion
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.
Toni Collette
The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.
James Patterson
The only way to do something brave is to first be afraid.
Anonymous
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only failure is not to try.
George Clooney
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.
Brené Brown
The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you’re doing, and thinking it’s beautiful or rich, then you’re in danger.
Miuccia Prada
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
The only journey is the one within.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
Christopher Germer
Self-compassion is the ultimate act of self-love.
Caroline Jordan
Self-compassion is not a luxury, it's a necessity. Without it, we cannot flourish.
Kristin Neff
Self-compassion is the key to a happy and fulfilling life.
Neha Arora
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
Brené Brown
Self-compassion is the foundation of a healthy self-image.
Unknown
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
Pema Chödrön
You are enough just as you are.
Meghan Markle
The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.
C. JoyBell C.
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
Clark Moustakas
The only way to be truly happy is to accept who you are and learn to love yourself for everything that you are.
Unknown
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.
Jim Morrison
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Carl Jung
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Christian D. Larson
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