#elf

Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that. ↗

— Dawn Fraser

#anyone #did #example #hurt #i

If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. ↗

— Jimmy Durante

#care #going #how #i #known

Your core, lying deep within you, is what makes you what you are. Some call it the soul, the Higher Self, the true self, the being and so on. The name is unimportant once you realize that you are more than your looks and outward appearance. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#confident #empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#cannot #choking #commandment #develop #development

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity. ↗

— Richard L. Evans

#courage #feel #great #keep #opportunity

Social media has infected the world with a sickening virus called vanity. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#appearances #arrogance #arrogant #beautiful #beauty

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#after #communication #critics #form #gave

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#existence #i #integrated #intended #into

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother. ↗

— Ben Elton

#believe #bother #got #group #i

You can't think about things you want to change. Just be yourself. ↗

— Ethan Embry

#be yourself #change #just #just be #just be yourself