In my cardio class this morning, the instructor said that one of the things she’s going to do every morning is read a “quote of the day” to us. I thought it was a great idea, and since we all know how much I love quotes, here are a few I’ve collected on the topic of self-confidence.

1. We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~ Mary Dunbar
2. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. ~ Author Unknown
3. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection. ~ Buddha
4. Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
5. Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in. ~ Jane Roberts
6. Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ~ Robert Collier
8. Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. ~ Nathaniel Branden



9. People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
10. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ~ E. E. Cummings
11. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. ~ Bruce Barton
12. Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory. ~ Alan Alda
13. Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~ Les Brown
14. To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
15. The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. ~ Joseph Campbell
16. The strongest single factor in acquiring abundance is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it. ~ Jerry Gillies

There are so many great quotes about self-confidence and believing in yourself. These are just a few of the ones I’ve collected. Please feel free to share your favorites in the comments section.

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I am working on an article on self-awareness for tomorrow’s issue of The Acorn Stash. So I thought today I’d share these quotes with you, just to get you in the mood. :)

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world … as in being able to remake ourselves.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“Never think you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.” ~ Anthony Trollope

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~ Carl Jung

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” ~ Lao Tzu

“What difference does it make, after all, what your position in life is if you dislike it yourself?” ~ Seneca

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

“To know your limits is a state of self-delusion.” ~ Bill Purdin

“People of the world don’t look at themselves, and so they blame one another.” ~ Mevlana Rumi

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley

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A few quotes about happiness to brighten your day…

1. “The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.” ~ Al Batt

2. “There is no path to happiness… happiness is the path.” Dr. Wayne Dyer

3. “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

4. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

5. “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

6. “Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.” ~ Buddha

7. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” ~ Denis Waitley

8. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” ~ John Barrymore

10. “What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.” ~ Leo Buscaglia

11. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust

12. “The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.” ~ Martha Washington

13. “Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

14. “There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

15. “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” ~Robert Frost

16. “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller

17. “Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.” ~ Democritus

18. “Happiness is like jam. You can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.” ~ Unknown

Got a favorite Happiness quote? Feel free to share in the comments!

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“I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the secret of success in all ventures.” ~ Og Mandino

Wishing you much love in your heart this morning,

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I just checked my email and found this gem sent by Shann at True Balance Life Coaching:

“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.” – Po Bronson

I don’t usually do short posts like this, but that quote is just too good not to share. Finding your own voice is such a big part of finding yourself and living life on your own terms, and this just sums it up beautifully!

Thanks Shann!

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