“Confidence is always in direct proportion to preparation!”
“Don’t allow your clothing to make you feel inferior! When you aren’t happy with your clothing choices, you may feel self-conscious. If your clothes make you feel self-conscious, you probably should not be wearing them.”
Source: My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today
“As a rule, people who are terrified of what others think about them are actually terrified of all the shitty things they think about themselves being reflected back at them.”
Source: 2 Books Collection Series: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck & Everything Is F*cked
“There are many opportunities in every single day, and Monday is the perfect day to seize them all.”
“Your angles don't matter, if the posture of your heart isn't right.”
“Understanding the origins of styles and how they have evolved gives us the framework for creating our own personal style with the best of yesterday and today’s influences.”
Source: My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today
“Inner peace is when you stop rejecting your current state.”
Source: Inner Peace: Top Quotes, Ideas, And Insights To Stop Feeling Overwhelmed And Live A Better Life
“On criticism: When you choose voice, you know someone is not going to agree with you. There will be opposition, criticism. There are two ways to deal with criticism: either get a thick skin,
or a strong inner core. [p. 95]”
Source: Women, Voice, and Writing : How to define, develop, and strengthen your writing voice
“But there is a kind of poem you can call a Hawkins poem as there is a kind of chair you can call a Hawkins chair, and the object of both is to get praise, which is the confidence in yourself that you get from people whom you have succeeded in pleasing when you haven't any confidence in yourself.”
Source: Four Unposted Letters to Catherine
“A balanced, inner calmness radiates from a peaceful centre. It neither craves others’ approval nor rejects others’ presence. It neither pulls towards nor pushes away. It has a reverent attitude towards life and all its inhabitants. It has compassion for the inevitable weaknesses of the human condition. It has nothing to gain from others’ approval. It is not self-seeking. It is not needy, grabbing or manipulative. It embodies gracious respect for everything beautiful including other human souls. It has a lively freedom, a happy composure, a quick and engaging wit, and an intelligent, interested, and interesting mental attitude.”
Source: Love, Devotion, and Longing