Respect Yourself

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity
is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
- Thomas S. Monson

What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance
when in reality it is the opposite.
When we can recognize all our good qualities
as well as or faults with neutrality,
we can start to appreciate ourselves
as we would a dear friend
and experience the comfortable inner glow of respect.
- Osho

Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: How to Deal with Rejection

Need For Approval

Become Your Own Greatest Hero

Respect Yourself quotes

Honor

Integrity

Self Worth

Pride

Self Respect

Observing Life

To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
- Marilyn vos Savant

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

Be an Observer of Life.
Gaining wisdom from carefully observing life
is not a substitute for action -
it is a prerequisite for informed action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
- The Buddha

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.
I just watch what they do.
- Andrew Carnegie

Today's Affirmation:
I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life is All in the Perspective We Take on It

Gratitude and Observing Life (pay special attention to the "Today In My World" exercise at the bottom of this post)

Daily Journaling - How to Begin a Rewarding Journaling Practice

Observer

New Eyes

Knowledge

Discovery

What Is Life

It's a Wonderful Life

Live With Enthusiasm

Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited.
One gets excited about going on a roller coaster.
One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.
- Bo Bennett

A man can succeed at almost anything
for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
- Charles M. Schwab

If you have zest and enthusiasm
you attract zest and enthusiasm.
Life does give back in kind.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort,
and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you feel stressed? Unsure of your life purpose? Unhappy with life?

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Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Do more of what inspires you

What Can Christopher Columbus Teach Us Today?

Enthusiasm quotes

Success

Failure

Zest

Effort

Achievement

Health

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

You know, all that really matters is that the people
you love are happy and healthy.
Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.
- Paul Walker

Know the best and highest choices for health
and more often choose those things.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

True friendship is like sound health;
the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
- Charles Caleb Colton

A man too busy to take care of his health is like
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb

If you have good health, or even tolerably good health, be very grateful and joyful, and be compassionate toward those whose health is failing.

Further reading: How to Sleep Better Tonight

Say NO to Stress

Zero-Based Gratitude

Health

Renewal

Relaxation

Healing

Gratitude

Count Your Blessings

Joy at Home

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer

The ache for home lives in all of us,
the safe place where we can
go as we are and not be questioned.
- Maya Angelou

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us or we find it not.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do...
but how much love we put in that action.
- Mother Teresa

A man travels the world in search of what he needs
and returns home to find it.
- George Edward Moore

Keep your feet firmly planted on the ground
as you reach for the stars.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Daily Renewal

7 Secrets for a Happy Life

Living Your Greatest Life

Home

Family

Return

Love

Being Safe

Search the World