The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think, or do. Only what you do.

Marcus Aurelius

Don't ever let anyone make you feel bad for being who you are or doing what you want to do. You are deserving of self-respect and love no matter the decisions you make with your body. Body hair is normal and so are you.

Lalonie Davis

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Carl Jung

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.

Jodi Picoult

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

Thucydides