#elf

Be yourself, take control of your life. ↗

— Emma Bunton

#control #life #take #your #yourself

And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard to get through the day, and I'll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over. ↗

— Delta Burke

#body #body language #changes #cry #day

No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs. ↗

— Charlie Hunnam

#entertain #i #i do #make #music

You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#feel #inside #jailed #like #prisoner

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#create #emptiness #fill #more #rest

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#body #bright #clear #empty #enlightenment

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#begins #decided #decisions #entirely #healthier

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#i #myself #reporter #thought

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ↗

— Xun Zi

#despise #determination #detestable #evil #good