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#1

“No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

tags: inspirational

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#2

“The truth is, if we become comfortable with who we are rather than who we think we should be, then we will be less insecure.”
― Daniel Gottlieb, Learning from the Heart: Lessons on Living, Loving, and Listening

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#3

“We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are.”
― Nenia Campbell, Locked and Loaded

tags: humanity, life, personality, self-reflection, true-to-life

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#4

“As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.”
― Nic Sheff

tags: ataraxy, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-worth

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#5

“...perfection is an illusion nurtured by insecurities.”
― Alison G. Bailey, Present Perfect

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#6

“The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough!”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: being-real, bluntness, confidence, dreams, goals, honesty, journeys, life-experiences, life-lessons, life-mission, not-caring, observations, purpose, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, stories

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#7

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.”
― Jim MORRISON

tags: freedom, individuality, inspirational, mask, personality, revolution, truth

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#8

“She lacks the core of sureness, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on reflections of herself in others' eyes. She does not dare to be herself.”
― Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932

tags: admiration, beauty, personality

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#9

“Why am I as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from
Birth must be reviewed. All of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

tags: experience, personality

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#10

“You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.”
― Malcolm X

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#11

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”
― Aldous Huxley

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#12

“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

tags: freethinker, inspirational, mad

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#13

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

tags: expression, freedom, personality, self-expression

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#14

“The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be violent in turn. That would be to fall to the same low level. After all, even in prison, a man can be quite free. His soul can be free. His personality can be untroubled. He can be at peace. And, above all things, they are not to interfere with other people or judge them in any way. Personality is a very mysterious thing. A man cannot always be estimated by what he does. He may keep the law, and yet be worthless. He may break the law, and yet be fine. He may be bad, without ever doing anything bad. He may commit a sin against society, and yet realize through that sin his true perfection.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

tags: abuse, freedom, oscar, personality, prison, soul, soul-of-a-man, violence, wilde

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#15

“The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".”
― Alain de Botton

tags: anxiety, personality, sadness

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#16

“We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself.”
― Walter Bagehot

tags: character, perception-of-reality, personality, psychology

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#17

“The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance. The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways. Some people have dark qualities that are especially pronounced. You cannot change such people at their core, but must merely avoid becoming their victim. You are an observer of the human comedy, and by being as tolerant as possible, you gain a much greater ability to understand people and to influence their behavior when necessary”
― Robert Greene, Mastery

tags: acceptance-of-others, human-nature, personality

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#18

“I feel very transparent in myself. I’m more of an observer. I’m interested in what’s going on. I’m not sure that I really have a personality. Some people think I do have a personality. I have a personality when I am with certain people — but when I’m not with them I don’t have that personality. I just sort of go back to resembling a transparent glass of water.”
― Joyce Carol Oates

tags: personality

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#19

“Journey gives us a chance to start all over again and be a new personality”
― Dian Nafi, Mesir Suatu Waktu

tags: chance, journey, mesir, personality

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#20

“The boy I used to know as Thomas Merker has been erased--replaced with a personality programmed by television and commercials to act a certain way.”
― Brian James, Life is But a Dream

tags: personality

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#21

“dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”
― Kurt Cobain

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#22

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: self-acceptance, self-confidence

788 likes

#23

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
― Avril Lavigne

tags: avril, cool, punk, rock, self-confidence, self-determination

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#24

“Self-confidence is contagious.”
― Stephen Richards

tags: confidence, empowerment, jedi, motivational, self-confidence, self-help

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#25

“Stop comparing yourself with others. If they are good at something, you too are good at something else. Self-confidence is not measured by your own capabilities versus that of others, but by your own needs.”
― Stephen Richards, Develop Jedi Self-Confidence: Unleash the Force within You

tags: confidence, confident, empowerment, jedi, motivational, self-confidence, self-confident, self-help, stephen-richards

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#26

“The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.”
― Edward De Bono

tags: acceptance-of-oneself, confidence, ego, perception, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-image, self-perception

55 likes

#27

“You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own.”
― Koushun Takami, Battle Royale

tags: battle-royale, inspirational, intrinsic-value, japanese, life, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, serious

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#28

“When you’re comfortable and content with who you are, the voices of others who try and define, control or direct you are not important.”
― Rachel Robins, How To Feel Good About Yourself - Boost Your Confidence & Tackle Low Self Esteem. Packed with Self Improvement Techniques, Positive Thinking Tips & Inspirational Quotes

tags: feel-good, positive-thinking, self-confidence

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#29

“Self-esteem is the switch in the circuit of your life that dims or brightness of your future. Bring it low and you don't shine your light; raise it up and you brighten the corner where you are.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

tags: be-bold, bright, brighten, brightening, circuit, confidence, dark, darkness, dim, dunamis, food-for-thought, high-self-esteem, israelmore-ayivor, key, life, light, light-off, lights-off, low-confidence, low-self-esteem, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-leader, self-trust, shine, shine-bright, switch, you-can-do-all-thing

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#30

“When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me."

That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.”
― Augusten Burroughs, This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

tags: confidence, image, people, self-confidence, self-esteem

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