Inspiring Words to Boost Self-Esteem, Courage, and Stability

"I have chosen to live life without the fence. I refuse to limit myself. It is up to me to shed the limits in life and strive to be in a state of liberation"

― J'Wanna Spann, Licensed Professional Counselor

"I have learned to treat myself the way I want others to treat me"

― K.M.

 “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
― Frederick Douglass 

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein

 “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
― Marilyn Monroe 

 “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain 

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” 

― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
― Michael J. Fox 

“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

 “Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
― Shannon L. Alder

 “How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free