Gretchen Holtz
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“If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
“You've been criticising yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
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“You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.”
― Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
― Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attention. They will hate you when people in their life like you. They will hate you if you worship a different version of their God. They will hate you if you are spiritual. They will hate you if you have courage. They will hate you if you have an opinion. They will hate you when people support you. They will hate you when they see you happy. Heck, they will hate you while they post prayers and religious quotes on Pinterest and Facebook. They just hate. However, remember this: They hate you because you represent something they feel they don’t have. It really isn’t about you. It is about the hatred they have for themselves. So smile today because there is something you are doing right that has a lot of people thinking about you.”
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“[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.”
― The Anatomy of Melancholy
― The Anatomy of Melancholy
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