I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.
You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are.
But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.
Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.
Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you’ve been waiting for.
The self is our life’s goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality.
Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
Your only identity is I AM undefined and infinite. Any label you give yourself limits yourself.
The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.
Don’t judge me by the cover, ’cause I’m a real good book.