“He doesn’t understand why Harry is doing this to him, why Harry is trying to pull him apart. He doesn’t understand how Harry has seen past his carefully crafted display. Louis has got smoke and mirrors down to a science, he knows how to deflect and he knows how to act and he’s managed to keep people at arms length so nobody would ever question how the magic works. He’s got his relationship with Zayn and Liam down to an art, how to give enough so that he doesn’t have to lie to them, but able to keep them from knowing how close he is to the edge. Yet here is Harry, ready to unravel everything Louis has sewn together.”
Source: Fading
“Attachment to praise and avoidance of criticism keeps us from doing innovative, controversial work and--more simply--from following the paths we feel called toward, whether or not those around us understand or approve.”
Source: Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead
“How well you do things should be incidental, not integral, to the way you regard yourself.”
Source: The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Coddled Kids, Helicopter Parents, and Other Phony Crises
“Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy.”
Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“Attachment to praise and avoidance of criticism keeps us from doing innovative, controversial work and--more simply--from following the paths we feel called toward, whether or not those around s understand or approve.”
Source: Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead
“My first strike was marrying a guy without a college degree. My second and third were getting pregnant. I suppose that when I didn't go on to become the next Gloria Allred, she was justified in counting me a failure. And I suppose that until now, I was justified in thinking that I wasn't one.”
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“Never having seen women play chess, they assumed this game wasn't for them and without even a female teacher as role model, they dropped out.”
Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“What work a person does to earn a viable income shapes their thinking patterns, buttresses their sense of self-worth, and affects how they adapt to predictable and unpredictable obstacles.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Self-realization is largely a matter of achieving a person’s formative personality definition. People whom lack self-realization oftentimes fail to integrate their desired personality traits into all phases of their life including social life, family life, and work life. In order to achieve satisfaction with oneself, a person must know what they wish for, know how to go about achieving their goals, be capable of recognizing where they now stand, and understand how they must change in order to attain their ultimate visage.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“I used to never get in a swimsuit. I used to feel so embarrassed about my skin and scars. I'm over that, it wasted too much of my time and I missed out on too much.”