#ours

Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#noble

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#denial #facing #facing-fear #facing-problems #fear

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#bathe #be yourself #goose #itself #make

Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#self-actualization #self-awareness #self-reliance #awareness

And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is that this is a good deed, because it helps someone or that's an evil one because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#complicated #deed #evil #good #labels

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ↗

— Anatole France

#another #before #behind #changes #die

For in today’s generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it’s impossible. ↗

— Rebecah McManus

#bullying #different #school #teenagers #bullying

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true. ↗

— Robert Browning

#self-determination #self-determination

Trust what you know; have faith in where you go; if there's no wind, row; or go with the flow. ↗

— Ed Parrish III

#act #believe-in-yourself #confidence #direction #faith

What does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself? ↗