Find your light

Find your light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you.
- Bette Midler

Know your own worth

If you don’t know your own worth and value,
then do not expect someone else to calculate it for you.

I am me and I love me

Take me or leave me. Accept me or walk away. Love me or hate me.
But don’t make me feel like less if I don’t fit your idea of who I should be.
I am me and I love me.

To fit into your world

I’m not here to fit into your world. I’m here to build my own.

In the end we will remember

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
- Dr. King

The difficult people in my life

I am thankful for the difficult people in my life. 

They have shown me exactly who I don’t want to be.

The people that know you the least

It’s always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.

Never blame anyone

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson and the best people give your memories.

Everyone has their own battles to fight

If we all understood that everyone has their own battles to fight, insecurities to face, loves to contend and goals to attain, the world would be a better place.

If we saw everyone else’s problems

If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

Take a little criticism

If you can’t take a little criticism, then please don’t criticize others.

Something bad to say

If someone has something bad to say about you, 

it’s probably because they have nothing nice to say about themselves.

You should apologize

I will never apologize for being me.
You should apologize for asking me to be anything else.

Take me or leave me

I make no apologies for who I am. Take me or leave me, I don’t give a fuck.

You will start to doubt

I will ignore you so hard you will start to doubt your own existence.

Underestimate me

I love it when people underestimate me.
Seeing the stupid faces after they see what I can really do is fucking priceless.

What people really want

Do you know what people really want?
Everyone, I mean. 

Everybody in the world is thinking: 
I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, 
who could really understand me, who’d be kind to me. 
That’s what people really want, if they are telling the truth.
- Doris Lessing

Always be there

Don’t promise to always be there for someone, 

and then leave when they leave you the most.

I’m not afraid to walk away.

Don’t take me for granted,
because unlike the others I’m not afraid to walk away.

And don’t come to me

Don’t talk to me because you’re “bored”. I’m not here to entertain you. And don’t come to me only when you need a favor. I don’t like being used.

Desire to be myself

My desire to be myself is greater than my need to fit in.

My life. My rules.

The prettiest thing

Being yourself is the prettiest thing a person can be.

I AM

Two of the most powerful words:
for what you put after them shapes your reality.

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

I’ve got this

I’m not a princess, I don’t need saving. I’m a queen, I’ve got this shit handled.

I found my inner strength

I found my inner strength when my “friends” didn’t help me keep it together
when I was falling apart.

I’m still here

I am not a victim. 

No matter what I have been through, I’m still here. 

I have a history of victory. 

- Steve Maraboli

There is something wrong with them

If someone treats you like shit, just remember there is something wrong with them, not you. Normal people don’t go around destroying other human beings!

I don’t regret one moment

I’ve been walked on, used and forgotten and I don’t regret one moment of it,
because in those moments I’ve learned who I can trust and can’t.
I’ve learned the meaning of friendship.
I’ve learned how to tell when people are lying and when they are sincere.
I’ve learned how to be myself,
and appreciate the truly great people in my life as they arrive.

Absent during my struggle

If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.

Add value to my life

If your presence can’t add value to my life, your absence will make no difference.

Who you truly are

 I hope you know that who you truly are can never be replaced
by who they imagined and wanted you to be.
 - Dodinsky

Be a princess and Darth Vader

Every girl should be able to be a princess and Darth Vader at the same time.

Wildflower

May your life be like a wildflower,
growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.
- Native American proverb

25 manners kids should know

1. When asking for something, say ”Please”.
2. When receiving something, say “Thank you”.
3. Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking to each other unless there is an emergency.
4. If you need to get somebody’s attention right away, the phrase “excuse me” is the most polite way to enter the conversation.
5. When you have any doubt about something, ask for permission first.
6. The world is not interested in what you dislike.
7. Do not comment on other people’s physical characteristics unless, of course, it’s to compliment them.
8. When people ask how you are, tell them and ask how they are.
9. When you have spent time at your friend’s house, remember to thank his or hers parents for having you over and for the good time you had.
10. Knock on closed doors – and wait to see if there’s a response – before entering.
11. When you make a phone call, introduce yourself first.
12. Say “thank you” and handwrite a thank you note after receiving a gift.
13. Never use foul language.
14. Don’t call people mean names.
15. Do not make fun of anyone for any reason.
16. Even if a play or assembly is boring, sit through it quietly and pretend you are interested. The performers or presenters are doing their best.
17. If you bump into someone, immediately say “excuse me”
18. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and don’t pick your nose in public.
19. As you walk through a door, look and see if you can hold it open for someone else.
20. Always offer help.
21. When an adult asks you for a favor, do it without grumbling and with a smile.
22. When someone helps you, say “thank you”.
23. Use eating utensils properly.
24. Keep a napkin on your lap; use t to wipe your mouth if necessary.
25. Do not reach at the table.

What I want

I know what I want and I’m gonna get it.

By choice

I choose to live by choice, not by chance; 

to make changes, no excuses; 

to be motivated and not manipulated; 

to be useful, not used. 

I choose self-esteem, not self-pity; 

to listen to my inner voice, not the random opinions of others.

I can grow wherever I want.

The steps I take

My shoes don’t define who I am; it’s the steps I take in them.

They don’t deserve you

If they don’t respect, appreciate and value you, then they don’t deserve you.

I don’t need you

I was born without you so obviously I don’t need you to survive.

How you treat me is your karma, how I react is mine.

Friends with benefits

In reality is telling you to your face that you’re good enough to fuck,
but not good enough to invest feelings in.

I left because you never asked me to stay

I didn’t change, you just never knew me.

To end up all alone

I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not.
The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone
- Robin Williams

Don’t chase after anyone

I don’t chase after anyone.
If you wanna walk out my life
then I’ll hold the fucking door open for you.

How to be happy

Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.

Do you know who you are?

I know who I am and what I've been through, what I can handle and how strong I am. Before you say anything about me, do you know who you are?