#elf

To find yourself, think for yourself. ↗

— Socrates

#self-reliance #independence

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves. ↗

— Peter V. Brett

#confidence #individuality #confidence

As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant. ↗

— Nic Sheff

#self-confidence #self-esteem #self-worth #confidence

I'm not insecure. I've been through way too much f**king sh*t to be insecure. I've got huge balls. But I've been humbled. That makes you grateful for every day you have. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#self-confidence #confidence

the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#fate #self-discovery #understanding #destiny

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy. ↗

— Criss Jami

#happiness #happy #inconsiderate #peace #problem

It's true that Blake was emotionally disturbed - always has been - but he doesn't have murder in his heart. If he was going to do any damage to anything or anyone, it would be to himself. ↗

— Tommy Bond

#any #anyone #anything #been #blake

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#hearing #me #myself #prevents #static

I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself. ↗

— Rick Boucher

#i #lawful #manner #myself #practice

Strangers still leave me self-conscious. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#me #self-conscious #still #strangers