#elf

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#hispanic #i #i do #myself #writer

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#be-yourself #integrity #self-reliance #self-respect #respect

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. ↗

— James Joyce

#home #into #longest #round #run

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#creativity #enemy #everything #guts #imagination

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#be-yourself #inspirational #beauty

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#bachelorhood #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are. ↗

— John Green

#self-expression #business

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#inspirational #self-determination #change

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#self-awareness #self-confidence #self-esteem #self-love #change

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#community #incrementalism #world #yourself #change