Alina

“You must zero in on your weaknesses, and you must do so over and over again, for hours a day, week after month after year. To be gritty is to resist complacency. “Whatever it takes, I want to improve!” is a refrain of all paragons of grit, no matter their particular interest, and no matter how excellent they already are.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit

“Much of what we call personality is not a fixed set of traits, only coping mechanisms a person acquired in childhood.”
― Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No

“Affirmation When we affirm, we make a positive statement; we move toward something of value.”
― Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No

“Treat dating like gardening instead. Plant the most promising seeds. Water them all. Taste what each has to offer. And when you find one that produces fruit you could eat every single day, give a little more love to it and start pruning the rest.”
― Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are