You are not obligated to be thin, healthy, or perfect. You are obligated to be yourself.

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"Choir actually changed my life and taught me how to dedicate myself to a collective and settle for nothing less than excellence."

- Lindy West

Personal Growth

"‘Witch’ is something we call a woman who demands the benefit of the doubt, who speaks the truth, who punctures the con, who kills your joy if your joy is killing."

- Lindy West

Courage

"We are not obligated to conform to society’s narrow standards of beauty. We are worthy and deserving of love and respect exactly as we are."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

"Every body is beautiful, valuable, and worthy of respect. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

"There is no right or wrong way to have a body. All bodies are good bodies."

- Lindy West

Belief in Self

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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

Self-improvement

"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

Self-improvement

"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

Self-improvement

"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

Self-improvement

"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

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