#yours

You cannot change what you are, only what you do. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#change #life #self-determination #change

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#belong #cannot #else #until #you

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

#age #cannot #dependence #indulging #old

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved. ↗

— David Bailey

#anything #artist #arty #because #certain

You never find yourself until you face the truth. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#find #never #truth #until #you

If you want to control other people, first control yourself. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#first #other #people #want #you

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor. ↗

— Alec Baldwin

#anymore #career #certainly #face #facts

You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#begin #does #effectively #enough #know

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#anything #done #else #everything #falls

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya. ↗

— Christian Bale

#certain #character #else #embarrassing #embarrassment