Inspirational Quotes

Self

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

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Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

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There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

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The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

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Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.

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Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

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

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

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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

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The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

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If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you’re not going to want to keep it to yourself. You’re going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.

If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you’re not going to want to keep it to yourself. You’re going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

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Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

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You have to find out what’s right for you, so it’s trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

You have to find out what’s right for you, so it’s trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.

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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

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