It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I'd been taught about myself, and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

James Baldwin

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You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.

Alice In Wonderland

I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing.

Richard Feynman

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.

To anyone that ever told you you're no good... They're no better.

Hayley Williams

Be honest with who you are. Be honest with who you are not.

Persistent Obser

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; it's choosing what's right over what's fun, fast, or easy; and it's practicing your values, not just professing them.

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