Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else.

Simone de Beauvoir

I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.

Rabbi A.Y. Kook

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

Maya Angelou

Boys were so proud - you always had to let them think they were good at things.

Diane Zahler

If you live to please others, everyone will love you except yourself.

Paulo Coelho

Sometimes you can't let go of the past without facing it again.

Gail Tsukiyama