Monday, March 26, 2012

Wisdom to Getcha Thru the Week

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” ― Marilyn Monroe

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” ― Mark Twain

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama

“That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.” ― Jim Morrison

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken...” ― Evanescence

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” ― Brigham Young

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.” ― Mae West

“Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.” ― Naomi Wolf

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