inspiration

"Anguish is the universal language"

"Feed your self-esteem; not your ego!"

"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable."

"A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfortability and pleasantness about her."

"If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong."Or "She's going to hurt me."Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ."Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down."

"The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny."

"Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself."

"Accept yourself: flaws, quirks, talents, secret thoughts, all of it, and experience true liberation."

"People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness."

"Live joy. Be kind. Love unconditionally."

"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."

"People always ask me"Son what does it takeTo reach out and touch your dreams?"To them I always sayAre you hungry?Are you thirsty?Is it a fire that burns you up inside?How bad do you want it?How bad do you need it?Are you eating, sleeping, dreamingWith that one thing on your mind?How bad do you want it?How bad do you need it?Cause if you want it allYou've got to lay it all out on the line"

"If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be."

"But if as you read this book you're saying to yourself: "I'd rather be miserably married than be alone."Well young lady, take out your clown shoes and buckle your seat belt - it's going to be a very bumpy one-woman circus."

"YOU are your own guru. YOU are your own soul mate. YOU are powerful. Take the reigns and drive your carriage home to love."

"Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance."

"What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart."

"You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you."

"You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful."

"Binatang itu bicara, makan -- tapi tak mengerti dirinya sendiri. Dan aku begitu juga."