Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Marilyn Monroe

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.

M. Antoniinus

It is not easy to be a person of high standards; you have to pay for it. It does, however, make you stand out from the crowd, which alone makes it worth more than its price.

The Ancient Sage

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

John Muir