“You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you”
“If you surround yourself with the good and righteous, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will drag you down into the doldrums of mediocrity, and they will keep you there, but only as long as you permit it.”
“If you believe in yourself that is all that matters. Set your own limitations. Don’t let others do that for you.”
“You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young.”
“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
“Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else; it's something you do for yourself. To forgive is not to condone, it is to refuse to continue feeling bad about an injury.”