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Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
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Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing is more valuable than your self respect.
When you lose respect for yourself, you have lost everything.
Whatever it takes, and whoever you upset,
do what you know - deep inside - is the right thing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect,
and the absence of ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Football is like life - it requires perseverance,
self-denial, hard work, sacrifice,
dedication and respect for authority.
- Vince Lombardi
A working definition of Honor is,
"respect or esteem that has been earned."
Contemplate that for a moment.
It would be very special to earn the respect and esteem
of our family, our friends, our co-workers, our community, wouldn't it?
If anything, it is of even more moment to honor yourself.
Those who are successful and happy earn their own
self-respect and self-esteem.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing,
and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
- George Bernard Shaw
Self-honor (self-respect) is in no way selfish.
Before I can give to others,
I must have something to give.
Only by first creating
my own self-esteem and happiness,
do I possess the resources to
contribute anything meaningful to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are other measures of self-respect for a man,
than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Once you respect yourself, there is no longer
any reason to disrespect anyone else.
Once you are confident of your own worthiness,
the worthiness of others ceases to be an issue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance
when in reality it is the opposite.
When we can recognize all our good qualities
as well as or faults with neutrality,
we can start to appreciate ourselves
as we would a dear friend
and experience the comfortable inner glow of respect.
To embrace the journey towards our full potential
we need to become our own loving teacher and coach.
Spurring ourselves on to become better human beings,
we develop true regard for ourselves,
and our life will become sacred.
- Osho
An individual who breaks a law that
conscience tells him is unjust,
and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment
in order to arouse the conscience
of the community over its injustice,
is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If being an egomaniac means I believe
in what I do and in my art or my music,
then in that respect you can call me that.
I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
- John Lennon
Self-respect knows no considerations.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
- Joseph Campbell
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
May you delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
May you taste, smell, and touch your dreams of a beautiful tomorrow.
May your sun always shine, and your sky be forever blue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You are a magnificent gift to the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Whatever you are, be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves
and our own self-preservation,
we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
- Joseph Campbell
I will dance a little.
I will move with the wind.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
- Lao-Tzu
Forgiveness is the only way to heal
- don Miguel Ruiz
The miracle is not that we do this work,
but that we are happy to do it.
- Mother Teresa
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
- Appius Claudius
Smile broadly, sing loudly,
paint your rooms in bold colors,
search every rabbit hole
for a magical white bunny,
have caviar for breakfast
and oatmeal for dinner,
wear a purple coat with a red hat -
dance lightly with life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
In forgiveness you grant, and more so
in the forgiveness you receive.
- Terry Goodkind
If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.
- Carl Lewis
Whatever happens, take responsibility.
- Tony Robbins
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
Never allow a person to tell you NO
who doesn't have the power to say YES.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be that self which one truly is.
- Soren Kierkegaard
To thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.
- Joseph Campbell
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness of all people and all acts -
is a sure path to happiness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You go against yourself when you
judge or blame yourself for anything
- don Miguel Ruiz
In my own deepening understanding of myself
I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well.
The better I am at self-care
the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
- The Buddha
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
You either do it completely and utterly,
or you should stop doing it.
- Bono (paraphrase)
Inferiority Complex:
a name for not loving yourself enough.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
The best cure for our own self-inflicted suffering
is often service to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You are important. You are the star -
the only star - of your own life show.
Everyone else is a bit player in the great drama of your life.
Be of service to humanity, but never be anyone's doormat.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
Freedom is not worth having if it
does not connote freedom to err.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
I rest in the light of forgiveness.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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