We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. – Roderick Thorp, Rainbow Drive
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh
I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly. – Buckminster Fuller
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am not a has-been. I am a will be. – Lauren Bacall
The light of starry dreams can only be seen once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief. – Shawn Purvis, ShawnPurvis.com
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. – Author Unknown
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. – Peter T. McIntyre
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. – Mark Twain
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. – Bruce Barton
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. – Norman Vincent Peale
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. – Paul Tillich
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. – Michel de Montaigne
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. – SaÊ¿dÄ«
When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there. – Cecil Selig
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. – Richard Kline
They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. – Christian Nestell Bovee
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it. – Edgar Allan Poe
Your value is the product of your thoughts. Do not miscalculate your self worth by multiplying your insecurities. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com
