- “No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- Loving yourself isn’t the first step toward accomplishing anything. Many people have accomplished things and still find no peace with themselves. For them, any accomplishment will never be enough. But if you do love yourself, then any accomplishment is like icing on the cake. Thibaut
- To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart — that’s what life is all about, that’s its task. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- “The savior complex manifests differently for everyone, but for the most part it’s a form of self-sabotage hidden in helping someone else…A desperate need to be understood by people who continue to show you that they barely understand themselves will shackle you to the most emotionally debilitating situations. But it’s often deeper than just wanting to be understood. A lot of us want to feel needed, because with that comes a sense of purpose outside of ourselves.” ― Chidera Eggerue, How To Get Over A Boy
- “Yesterday I was clever, so I took the glory for me. Today He makes me wise, so I give the glory to Thee” ― indonesia123
- True belief in yourself is the ultimate determining factor if you make it or not. David Goggins
- Real power comes from being real. @PersistentObser
- It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. Marcus Aurelius
- If you have truly attained wholeness, everything will flock to you. Lao Tzu
- Society rewards confidence. Nature rewards knowledge. James Pierce
- “Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.” ― Joan Didion, On Self-Respect
- Stoicism helps us keep a better ledger of what things are truly worth. It places the highest value on honesty, on self-respect, on tranquility and freedom and security. Ryan Holiday (See also: stoic quotes)
- “When everything gets awfully perfect I let my demons loose. Neither of us can’t bear the thought of conforming with so little.” ― Efrat Cybulkiewicz
- “APPLY WITHINYou once told meYou wanted to findYourself in the world -And I told you toFirst apply within,To discover the worldwithin you.You once told meYou wanted to saveThe world from all its wars -And I told you toFirst save yourselfFrom the world,And all the warsYou put yourselfThrough.APPLY WITHIN by Suzy Kassem” ― Suzy Kassem
- When you learn to close your eyes, wait and listen, silence reveals a beautiful thing: yourself. Maxime Lagacé
- Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “If you have to choose between your self-respect & ego and other person; choose your self-respect & ego.Because other person may leave you at their will but your self-respect & ego will always support and carry you even in toughest situations.” ― Nikita Dudani
- Who you are is defined by the values you are willing to struggle for. Mark Manson
- “Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you’ve been to. I’m not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don’t have to be like anyone else. I’m walking on the wall and nobody can stop me.” ― Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
- Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. Marcus Aurelius
- The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others’ appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Alain de Botton (Status Anxiety, Amazon book)
- The more we value things, the less we value ourselves. Bruce Lee
- You don’t need perfection, only progress. Maxime Lagacé
- “Seek a man that doesn’t ask you to prove your love. Seek a man that will prove God’s love.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you. Ram Dass
- Renounce all external authority. @TheAncientSage
- “Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope.” ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
- “Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.” ― Shannon L. Alder
- “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ― Jack Kornfield, Buddha’s Little Instruction Book
- “Dear Child, Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don’t understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy or forgiveness because they live by comparison. They are the people that don’t care about anyone, other than who is making them feel confident. They don’t understand that their deity is not rejoicing with them because of their actions, rather he is trying to free them from their insecurities, by softening their heart. They rather put out your light than find their own. They don’t have the ability to see beyond the false sense of happiness they get from destroying others. You know what happiness is and it isn’t this. Don’t see their success as their deliverance. It is a mask of vindication which has no audience, other than their own kind. They have joined countless others that call themselves “survivors”. They believe that they are entitled to win because life didn’t go as planned for them. You are not like them. You were not meant to stay in hell and follow their belief system. You were bound for greatness. You were born to help them by leading. Rise up and be the light home. You were given the gift to see the truth. They will have an army of people that are like them and you are going to feel alone. However, your family in heaven stands beside you now. They are your strength and as countless as the stars. It is time to let go!Love, Your Guardian Angel” ― Shannon L. Alder