Own It Quotes

“Stand up there tomorrow morning and be proud of your humiliation.”
― Jen Calonita, Broadway Lights

“Una cosa, hasta no ser toda, es ruido, y toda, es silencio.”
― Antonio Porchia

“That's . . . because I am pathetic. In life as in film, find your niche and work it.”
― Libba Bray, Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

“This is my story. These things are my past, and I will not allow them to be washed away. I will find a way to have them back.”
― Lauren DeStefano

“Protect your Territory; your dreams, goals, interests, family, friends, everything that in some way have become your essence, protect and nurture it through the good and the bad times. Give no one the power to decide who or what's in or out. Make your territory yours. Mark it in linnings of brimming coals if you may. If it's your own place of uncompromised peace and happiness, If it's your place of growth, own that shit, and watch everyone rest with their opinions.”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“It's worth everything to be you.”
― Julieanne O'Connor

“What about my past?

What about it? We all have a past, lovey. Yours might have a few bits and pieces that are more public than others, but that doesn't make them worse, just more available.

I think you should own it, all of it.

After all, the only thing the world loves more than watching someone fall is watching them rise again. (p177)”
― Stacey Ballis, Wedding Girl

“Don't tell me how good you are, show me how good you are. There's a difference.”
― Sasha Laghonh