#yourself

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#away #became #been #block #caused

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#boredom #die #foot #man #set

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life. ↗

— Iris Chang

#being #being honest #daily #daily life #honest

If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be. ↗

— Robert Collier

#exactly #hard #prosperous #see #up

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#give #rather #reverie #than #yourself

Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#because #enjoy #information #learn #make

It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#face #good #humor #laugh #life

Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#anyone #because #before #done #else

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you. ↗

— Eric Church

#around #come #ideas #just #key

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#chess #choose #either #far #follow