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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.” – Sigmund Freud

 

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“It’s a puzzling thing.  The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth.’ And so it goes away. Puzzling.” – Robert M. Pirsig

 

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“The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.” – Henry David Thoreau

 

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“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” – Hardy D. Jackson

 

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“Accept everything about yourself–I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end–no apologies, no regrets.” -Clark Moustakas

 

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“Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.” – J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare

 

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” -Dr. Suess

 

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“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” – Maya Angelou

 

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“By your own soul, learn to live
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song, dream your dream,
Hope your hope and pray your prayer.” – Parkenham Beatty

 

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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

 

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“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” -Albert Einstein

 

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“I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.'” – Oprah Winfrey

 

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There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. – Anonymous

 

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You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best “you” in existence. – Zig Ziglar

 

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. – Carl Jung

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