All Quotes By Tag: Self-love
“my strength should not threaten you.my strength is not a threat to your strength.you are strong.you are beautiful.you are lush.you are powerful.as you are.as i am.imagine the force we would be togetherif we lifted each other up.imagine the force we would be togetherif we didn’t tear each other down.”
“You loved him enough to let him leave… Now you need to love yourself enough to let him go.”
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“Control is an illusion that you must give up.”
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“Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.”
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.”
“Find your bones. Believe in what you are.”
“Taking care of yourself will take care of more than yourself.”
“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.”
“Surrendering is not giving up–it is gaining strength.”
“It is wiser to love who you are than what you want.”
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“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.”
“Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.”
“But I did it. I imagined myself, muscular, lean and deliciously male, in a suit, holding my completed dissertation. I was accepted to the PhD program in History at Yale University today, as well as starting hormone replacement therapy: subcutaneously-injected testosterone in a solution with cottonseed oil. The universe, fate, or what I chose to call God, has an incredible way of working things out like that. And then I plunged the needle into my skin. I did it with clear intention and the surest, most earnest heart I have ever felt beat inside my chest…I breathed in and exhaled as I pushed the testosterone into my body for the first time. Little pinch. A leap of faith into the rest of my life.”
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“Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.”
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“I didn’t change, I just found myself.”