#yours

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#higher #lift #only #people #surround

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#gives #hard #knocks #life #stay

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#cleansing #desires #experience #feature #focus

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#continually #crushing #fiction #read #write

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself. ↗

— James Wolcott

#back #children #considered #early #early age

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself. ↗

— James Wolcott

#conned #government #lies #media #ourselves

Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#feminism #getting #good #much #point

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

#always #calm #command #easy #find

I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the trumpet you return. ↗

— Isabel Yosito

#being #faith #heart #i #placing

You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#guidance #just #lead #until #you