Thinking Of Yourself Quotes

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.

Rudyard Kipling

Life, Bullying, Being Yourself

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You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Edmund Hillary

Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

"That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Bertrand Russell

Confidence, Being Yourself, Fear

Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.554, Routledge

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

Benjamin Spock

Positive, Family, Trust

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care ch. 1 (1946)

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Coco Chanel

Strength, Inspiring, Courage

"Believing in Ourselves" by Armand Eisen, (p. 39), 1992.

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Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Bernard Baruch

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Mahatma Gandhi

Positive, Strength, Inspiring

Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

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be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Being Yourself, Real

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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If you think you can't, you're right.

Carol Bartz

Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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Just be yourself, there is no one better.

Taylor Swift

Love, Life, Relationship

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I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all.

Coco Chanel

Being Yourself, Inspiration, Thinking

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I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Johnny Depp

Inspirational, Being Yourself, Self Esteem

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Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

Life, Smile, Graduation

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To find yourself, think for yourself.

Socrates

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.

Gianni Versace

Fashion, Being Yourself, Style

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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People will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Positive, Being Yourself

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

George S. Patton

Motivational, Business, Military

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