Never dull your shine for somebody else.
― Tyra Banks

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This dramatic sky and view of downtown Richmond, VA near 3rd and East Main Street was captured on my way home from work. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 

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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
― Michel de Montaigne

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.

You make yourself strong because it’s expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.
― Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts

 

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A great man is always willing to be little.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This dramatic sky and view of downtown Richmond, VA near 3rd and East Main Street was captured on my way home from work. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part

 

Below is a scan of the original artwork used to create this image. This watercolor tryptic is titled “Healing Waters.” To learn more about the concept behind this piece, please see my post here.

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.
― Coco Chanel, Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women

 

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When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.
― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart

 

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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
― Lao-Tzu

 

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To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
― Criss Jami

 

Below is a scan of the original artwork used to create this image. This watercolor tryptic is titled “Healing Waters.” To learn more about the concept behind this piece, please see my post here.