"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."
- Meryl Streep
Awareness
"Giving voice to characters that have no other voice—that’s the great worth of what we do."
- Meryl Streep
Compassion
"Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head."
- Meryl Streep
Self-awareness
"Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living."
- Meryl Streep
Happiness
"The formula of happiness and success is just being actually yourself in the most vivid way you possibly can."
- Meryl Streep
Happiness
"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
- Hasidic Proverb
Self-confidence
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde
Self-confidence
"Be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland
Self-confidence
"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story – I will."
- Amy Schumer
Self-confidence
"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."
- Rosalynn Carter
Self-confidence