“Henri was distraught, and his heart felt so sad.
If nobody liked him, did it mean he was bad?
He stared at his reflection.
"I'm a Pig Dog!" he exclaimed.
He should have known sooner.
He felt so ashamed.”
Source: Henri and the Magnificent Snort : A Children's Book about Bullying, Belonging, and Love
“We are all born so beautiful; the greatest tragedy is being convinced we are not.”
Source: Milk and honey
“With the body judged externally, dismay will be rife. Success means looking younger every year, as the women in the gym seem to. Success means regulating the body: controlling hungers, desires, ageing and emissions. Success means seeing the body as a lifelong work. Success means anticipating faults - physical, medical, and aesthetic - and correcting them. But when and if the ordinary processes of the body cannot be sufficiently restraint, which of course they can't, the body becomes a source of consternation as well as failure.”
Source: Bodies
“If nobody liked him, did that mean he was bad?”
Source: Henri and the Magnificent Snort : A Children's Book about Bullying, Belonging, and Love
“In the depths of my diminished self-esteem, I discovered an insatiable hunger for validation and attention; the emptier I felt within, the greater my desperation to be filled.”
Source: The Unapologetical Abyss
“Like a fragile leaf refusing to dance with the breeze, those who cling to the fallen branches of their past fail to embrace the blossoming gardens of the present, revealing a barren soul devoid of self-esteem.”
Source: The Unapologetical Abyss
“As soon as someone drivers their attention from any team to ask, "How am I doing?" he takes his concern and energy from the task and shifts them to the question of his own adequacy or deficiency. The best motivation for doing a job well is the satisfaction of doing it.”
Source: Social Equality: The Challenge of Today
“Your success cannot lie in something so tedious as whether you’re liked.”
Source: How to Catch a Queen
“It’s not, I’m damned if I do, I’m damned if I don’t. It’s, I love myself if I do, I love myself if I don’t. Minor shift, major results!”
“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”
Source: The Light in the Heart