#true self

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. ↗

— John Bradshaw

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To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#concentrate #establish #failures #forget #lives

I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left. ↗

— Naomi Watts

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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition. ↗

— Ted Nugent

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Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

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The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. ↗

— Ralph Marston

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. ↗

— William James

#failure #faith #his #human #lack

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#anywhere #authentic #except #feel #felt