Self-Love

“Life is a problem which has for each an individual solution.”

Horatio W. Dresser

The Power of Silence

“You are what you believe you are.”

Joseph S. Benner

The Impersonal Life

“I AM you, that part of you who IS and KNOWS; who knows all things, and always knew, and always was.”

Joseph S. Benner

The Impersonal Life

“Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.”

Mary Baker Eddy

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

“The foundation of godliness and the foundation principle of success in business are both the same precisely.”

Russell H. Conwell

Acres of Diamonds

“Every abnormal mental state ultimates itself in a correspondent bodily condition.”

Warren Felt Evans

The Mental Cure

“What a man can be, he must be.”

Abraham Maslow

Motivation and Personality

“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, and poets must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.”

Abraham Maslow

Motivation and Personality

“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”

Abraham Maslow

Motivation and Personality

“We seldom realize that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own, for we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”

Alan Watts

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”

Alan Watts

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“Action cures fear.”

David J. Schwartz

The Magic of Thinking Big

“Your mind is your kingdom, and there you are ruler.”

Jack E. Addington

The Perfect Power Within You

“Guilt says I've done something wrong; shame says there is something wrong with me.”

John Bradshaw

Healing the Shame That Binds You

“A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results.”

John Gray

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

Joseph Campbell

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.”

Maxwell Maltz

Psycho-Cybernetics

“Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.”

Maxwell Maltz

Psycho-Cybernetics

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!”

Norman Vincent Peale

The Power of Positive Thinking

“The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much.”

Norman Vincent Peale

The Power of Positive Thinking

“I am nature's greatest miracle.”

Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

“Feelings are not just emotions that happen to you. Feelings are reactions you choose to have.”

Wayne Dyer

Your Erroneous Zones

“Love yourself, a lot.”

Wayne Dyer

Your Erroneous Zones

“You are what you choose today, not what you have chosen before.”

Wayne Dyer

Your Erroneous Zones

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.”

Arianna Huffington

Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success

“Everything you do, you'll do better with a good night's sleep.”

Arianna Huffington

Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do.”

Brené Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”

Brené Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection

“To fully thrive, we must not only eliminate the stressors but also actively seek joyful, loving, fulfilling lives that stimulate growth processes.”

Bruce Lipton

The Biology of Belief

“You may consider yourself an individual, but as a cell biologist, I can tell you that you are in truth a cooperative community of approximately fifty trillion single-celled citizens.”

Bruce Lipton

The Biology of Belief

“When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time.”

Byron Katie

Loving What Is

“Who would you be without your story?”

Byron Katie

Loving What Is

“Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.”

Byron Katie

Loving What Is

“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.”

Byron Katie

Loving What Is

“Simply being in a context of awe leads to a 'small self.'”

Dacher Keltner

Awe

“In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels.”

Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence

“Be impeccable with your word.”

Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements

“Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.”

Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now

“Appreciation and self-love are the most important aspects you could ever nurture.”

Esther Hicks

Ask and It Is Given

“The ego cannot survive without judgment.”

Gabby Bernstein

The Universe Has Your Back

“Being cool has nothing to do with age; it has to do with how solid your identity is.”

Gary Vaynerchuk

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that there was something wrong with me.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“Life is alchemy, and emotions are the fire that turns me to gold.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“The key to our transformation is simply this: the better we know ourselves the better equipped we will be to make our choices wisely.”

Gregg Braden

Resilience from the Heart

“You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all.”

Iyanla Vanzant

In the Meantime

“You are the love you seek. You are the companionship you desire. You are your own completion, your own wholeness.”

Iyanla Vanzant

In the Meantime

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

Jack Kornfield

A Path with Heart

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”

James Clear

Atomic Habits

“If you want a new outcome, you will have to break the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self.”

Joe Dispenza

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

“The quantum field responds not to what we want; it responds to who we are being.”

Joe Dispenza

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

“Breathe and let be... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are

“With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we'd give to a good friend.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don't like about yourself.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Having compassion for oneself is really no different than having compassion for others.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Self-compassion provides an island of calm, a refuge from the stormy seas of endless positive and negative self-judgment.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Instead of mercilessly judging and criticizing yourself for various inadequacies or shortcomings, self-compassion means you are kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings.”

Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion

“Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”

Les Brown

Live Your Dreams

“Everyone is born unique but most of us die copies.”

Les Brown

Live Your Dreams

“Life is really simple. What we give out, we get back.”

Louise Hay

You Can Heal Your Life1984

“The point of power is always in the present moment.”

Louise Hay

You Can Heal Your Life

“You've been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

Louise Hay

You Can Heal Your Life

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love

“We are all meant to shine, as children do.”

Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love

“Perfectionism at its core isn't about high standards. It's about fear.”

Marie Forleo

Everything Is Figureoutable

“You are 100 percent responsible for your life. Always and in all ways.”

Marie Forleo

Everything Is Figureoutable

“Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships, and accomplishment.”

Martin Seligman

Flourish

“There's one thing that is guaranteed to increase your feelings of control over your life: a bias toward action.”

Mel Robbins

The 5 Second Rule

“Within our core self is an indelible blueprint of unrivaled individuality—the singular being that each of us exists to express.”

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Life Visioning

“I forgive you and set you free. Your actions no longer have power over me.”

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Spiritual Liberation

“You have a wisdom inside you—listen for it.”

Michael Neill

Supercoach

“There's nothing you need to do, be, have, get, change, practice, or learn in order to be happy, loving and whole.”

Michael Neill

The Inside-Out Revolution

“Everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that's the only time everything will be okay.”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“When a problem is disturbing you, don't ask, 'What should I do about it?' Ask, 'What part of me is being disturbed by this?'”

Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul

“You must remember that while the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences, behaviors, reactions, and emotions, you're the one controlling the brush.”

Oprah Winfrey

What I Know For Sure

“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

Pema Chödrön

When Things Fall Apart

“Ego is the enemy of what you want and of what you have: Of mastering a craft. Of real, substantive relationships. Of a sustainable, long-term, and successful career.”

Ryan Holiday

Ego Is the Enemy

“How you do anything is how you do everything.”

Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last

“Being authentic means we already know who we are and what we stand for.”

Simon Sinek

Start with Why

“Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.”

Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.”

Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.”

Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“At school you might have been prodded to come 'out of your shell'—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same.”

Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one purified. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 12, v. 165 (trans. Acharya Buddharakkhita)

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, a trusted friend the best relative, liberation the greatest bliss.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 15, v. 204 (trans. Eknath Easwaran)

“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”

Confucius

The Analects, Book IV, Ch. 17 (trans. James Legge)

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

Epictetus

Discourses

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 33 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 6.6

“The best cure for anger is delay.”

Seneca

On Anger (De Ira)

“It's never them; it's always you.”

Matthew Ferry

Calm, Clarity, and Confidence