Courage To Be Oneself Quotes

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Lois McMaster Bujold
“Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.”
Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth

Michelle Cruz-Rosado
“Stubbornness" is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged or ridiculed.”
Michelle D. Rosado

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Donna Goddard
“Fear cannot capture us, criticism cannot harm us, and pride cannot make us fall.”
Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

Yamile Saied Méndez
“The girl Diego said he loved was the strong one, the winning Camila, the one with a future she was forging for herself… If he rescued me, if I quit for him. I wouldn’t be the girl he loved. I wouldn’t be myself.”
Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

“I judge the world by my own lights
and I come by my own hand.”
Catherine Madsen

“Your power is in your story and all the wisdom it has brought you.”
Angela Mayah Solstice, The Courage To Change

Yamile Saied Méndez
“I was tired of running. We were all buried underneath mountains of blame, shame, guilt, and lies.”
Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

Helen   Edwards
“Don't give up. Don't give in. Wake up, release your warrior and tell your demons, 'Not today! Let's dance muther fuckers!' Keep fighting the good fight.”
Helen Edwards, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom

“The monster is only scary while it is in the closet.
Once in the light,
you can see its many flaws
and weaknesses.

And often,
we end up laughing,
at what we shield our eyes from
no more.”
Tom Althouse, The Frowny Face Cow

Mimi Novic
“Smile, dream, don’t give up.
Don’t try to be like everyone else, it’s impossible, Be totally your extraordinary self,
Paint the world with the colours of your spirit.”
Mimi Novic, Essence Of Being

Yamile Saied Méndez
“I wanted what he Diego had. I needed to play on a team like that, to feel the love of the fans. I needed the chance to do something impossible and amazing. To be great.”
Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia

“Massive respect for anyone who has the courage to choose their own path and not just accept the hand they were dealt. However, privileged or unprivileged their background.”
Efrat Cybulkiewicz

“Scared of what people will think if you speak up?

Fear of being wrong is likely the fear of other people's judgement, which is actually your own self-judgement.

Can you love yourself even when you fail?
Can you have the courage to be wrong in the process of learning?”
Benjamin Brown

Sarah J. Maas
“It's a rare person to face who they truly are and not run from it- not be broken by it.”
Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin (Part 1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

“Don't Diminish Your Voice... Amplify Your Message, Not Your Tone.”
Wesam Fawzi

Jacqueline Edgington
“We are all part of something mysteriously wonderful. Within each of us lies the key to write our own story and create our unique reality.”
Jacqueline Edgington

Laurie E.    Smith
“It isn't always easy to bear your soul to perfect strangers, harder still, sometimes, to do so to loved ones.”
Laurie E. Smith, Spirit In Disguise: A Guide to Miraculous Living, Book 2

“You have to have self-respect and faith in yourself to cultivate the courage to commit to your endeavours even when no one, including family members, is by your side and neutralizing the negative influences in your life.”
Itayi Garande, Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life

Nanette L. Avery
“It takes more courage to try and fail than not to try and never succeed.”
Nanette L. Avery

Brittany Burgunder
“I think the most successful and accomplished people are those who can show courage and admit they can’t do it alone. It’s pointless to struggle silently behind a fake smile.”
Brittany Burgunder, Safety in Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle with Eating Disorders

Louisa Punt-Fouché
“Humans are forever in the process of nurturing the wounds of their unworthiness – a constant visitor in the psyche – the mortally wounded heroine who lies in the forest of shadows singing for years and years.”
Louisa Punt-Fouche

“You have to promote yourself. This takes courage to put yourself out there; be proud of who you are and what you do!”
Judi Holler, Fear Is My Homeboy: How to Slay Doubt, Boss Up, and Succeed on Your Own Terms

Shweta Gour
“If you are not surprising yourself, you are not growing.”
Shweta Gour

Lowrey E. Gray
“You are not driftwood
And you are not a lone voice
In the orchestra of defiance”
Lowrey E. Gray, Wilding of this Hagstone Heart

“Anyone can die, [the really special thing is to] have the courage to live.”
Jorge R. Gutierrez

Julieanne O'Connor
“Fearless I am not. I just know that if I bow down or shy from my instincts I’ll pay a thousand regrets in pain.”
Julieanne O'Connor

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