Govern Myself

“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and if they will not adapt to me, I adapt to them.”
--Michel de Montaigne

Love Oneself

“As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health - food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is love of oneself.”
--Charlie Chaplin

Something Noble

“There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of when I am doing well.”
--Alexander the Great

Truth Sayer

“Integrity is telling myself the truth; honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
--Spencer Johnson

Fight Against Myself

“I seek strength, not to be stronger than my brother, but to fight against my greatest enemy, myself.”
--American Indian Proverb

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Gentle Death Kiss

“To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.”
--Leon Redbone

Be to Others

“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.”
--Michel de Montaigne

American Idiot

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.”
--Mark Twain

Given Away

“I am yours. Don’t give myself back to me.”
--Jalal-al-Din Rumi

If I Didn't Try

“I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.”
--Nikki Giovanni

Not a Wit

“I refuse to engage myself in a battle of wits with a man who is unarmed.”
--Mark Twain

Do it Myself

“I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It is because of them I’m doing it myself.”
--Albert Einstein

Clever Then Wise

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
--Jalal ad-Din Rumi

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What I Have Learned

“I learned about business from my failures; I learned about myself from my successes.”
--Dawn Mata Crane

Fail to Success

“I failed myself to success.”
--Thomas Alva Edison

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Lost Confidence

“If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

No Wasted Day

“No day is wasted in which I touch another person's life in any positive, meaningful way. And so it is that I enrich my days by giving something of myself whether through a warm smile, a kind word, a sympathetic ear, a gentle embrace or a simple helping hand.”
--David L. Weatherford