#yours

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#all things #belief #enough #good #life

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#called #does #enemy #except #harm

Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#life #looking #mirror #study #yourself

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. ↗

— Richard Bach

#anyone #anything #be true #being #else

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. ↗

— Richard Bach

#choose #chooses #live #world #you

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. ↗

— Richard Bach

#ask #listen #practice #secret #success

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 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 have to be funny about it and honest about it. You can't leave yourself out of that mix. You have to be honest enough to say, I'm that messed-up one in the family. ↗

— Louie Anderson

#enough #family #funny #honest #i