The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
― Friedrich Nietzsche  

 

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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

 

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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
― August Wilson

 

 

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

 

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Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
― Benjamin Spock

 

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Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

 

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
― Aristotle

 

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
― Robert Frost

 

 

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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
― George Bernard Shaw

 

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