#elf

All we are not stares back at what we are. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#self-improvement #potential

How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day. ↗

— Anne Frank

#self-improvement #improvement

Let us cultivate our garden. ↗

— Voltaire

#improvement

Once you admit to yourself that you are or aren't something, then you can begin searching for the reason why," Deuce went on. "And once you've found that, you can begin to take steps toward making it better. So, tell yourself you're an asshole, stop being an asshole, your problem's solved," Deuce said in a pleased voice. ↗

— Abigail Roux

#improvement

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#self-improvement #wisdom #improvement

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

I'm not asexual. I'm arelationshipal. ↗

— John Green

#self-description #description

Smart as a whip, kinky enough to own one. ↗

— R.G. Alexander

#description

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope. ↗

— Jane Austen

#self-actualization #names

Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent ? ↗

— Anne Rice

#shame #cruelty