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May you find great value in these Pretense quotes and sayings.
Be yourself. There is nothing more for you to do
than to be the best YOU that you can be -
with no imitation, no pretense, no guilt, no shame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare
You must not under any pretense allow
your mind to dwell on any thought
that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.
- Emmet Fox
I predict future happiness for Americans
if they can prevent the government
from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of taking care of them.
- Thomas Jefferson
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
Your greatest gift to your family and friends is yourself -
your relaxed, happy, and fully-present self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -
and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard Feynman
Be simply yourself and don't compare or compete.
- Lao Tzu
In silence you hear who you are becoming.
You create yourself.
- Jewel
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it
and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
- Henry David Thoreau
If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
Happiness is a choice.
You grieve, you stomp your feet,
you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.
- Lucy Lawless
Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is,
and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things,
and then proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When you are impeccable, you take
responsibility for your actions,
but you do not judge or blame yourself.
- don Miguel Ruiz
When you do your best
you learn to accept yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less.
- Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life)
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Khalil Gibran
You grow up the day you have
your first real laugh - at yourself.
- Ethel Barrymore
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
One of the surest ways to cause
yourself great suffering
is to insist upon being right -
to demand that all others view life
exactly as you view it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Simply put, you believe that things
or people make you unhappy,
but this is not accurate.
You make yourself unhappy.
- Wayne Dyer
Put some distance between yourself
and whatever is concerning you.
Distance in space or time
always creates a new perspective.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Fortify yourself with contentment,
for it is an impregnable fortress. -
- Epictetus
You may be always victorious if
you will never enter into any contest
where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
- Epictetus
Don't believe me,
don't believe yourself,
and don't believe anyone else.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Meditation is neither shutting things out nor off.
It is seeing things clearly,
and deliberately positioning yourself differently in relationship to them.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Look at other people and ask yourself
if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Neither blame or praise yourself.
- Plutarch
Everyone is a mirror image of yourself -
your own thinking coming back at you.
- Byron Katie
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.
- Lao Tzu
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
- Cicero
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Who were you before you put yourself last.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
Don't bother just to be better than
your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do the best you can. Be proud of your accomplishments -
without comparing yourself to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
- Benjamin Spock
Choose! If it's worth doing, do it today.
If it's not worth doing today, save yourself a lot
of worry and regret by choosing to permanently
erase it from your to-do list.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
Don't ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman
A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself
- don Miguel Ruiz
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Think for yourself and question authority.
- Timothy Leary
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw
Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Keep courage. Whatever you do,
do not feel sorry for yourself.
You will win in a great age of opportunity.
- Richard L. Evans
Shake structures.
School yourself.
Look twice at a thing,
once upside down.
Answer yourself clearly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Remember that nurturing yourself is as important
(if not more so) as nurturing others.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Every day is the perfect day to ask yourself
questions about your life goals,
and how you plan to address those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Ask yourself to slow down.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Inferiority Complex:
a name for not loving yourself enough.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
Believe in yourself, and trust your own wisdom
rather than being swayed by the opinions of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
While it is natural to feel some degree of
need for the approval of others, be careful.
If you find yourself unwilling to
take actions that others disapprove of,
you have lost control of your own life
and have given your destiny to others.
An excessive need-for-approval
is a sign of low self-esteem,
and in severe cases, a condition termed co-dependency.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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