#yourself

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

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

— Henry David Thoreau

#noble

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

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? ↗