“To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth… is potentially to have everything.”
"I don’t know what I think until I write it down."
- Joan Didion
Self-awareness
"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
- Joan Didion
Self-awareness
"Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs."
- Joan Didion
Integrity
"I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be."
- Joan Didion
Personal Growth
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."
- Joan Didion
Inspiration
"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."
- Nathaniel Branden
Self-esteem
"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."
- Les Brown
Self-esteem
"You are your best thing."
- Toni Morrison
Self-esteem
"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."
- Nobito
Self-esteem
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-esteem