Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. – Jean Sibelius
We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. –Olin Miller
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
– Jawaharlal Nehru
The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. -Sonya Friedman
The only real prison is fear,and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. – Aung San Suu Kyi
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time. – Anna Freud
A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
– Cardinal De Retz
Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become great. – Mark Twain
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Bible
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. –David Brinkley
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. –Roderick Thorp, Rainbow Drive
Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right. –Henry Ford
I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down. -Allen H. Neuharth
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. –Anaïs Nin
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. –Edmund Hillary
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. –Bruce Barton
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. –Norman Vincent Peale
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. –Les Brown
Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. –Richard Kline
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Henry Stanley Haskins
We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs. -Robert Braul
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. -Louisa May Alcott
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. – African Proverb
Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be.
– Karen Ravn
