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A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
Sep 17, 2025
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Look the world straight in the eye.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
You can have anything you want
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
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