“The butterfly does not look back at the caterpillar in shame. Just as you should not look back at your past in shame. Your past was part of your own transformation.” Anthony Gucciardi “Do not waste time thinking about what you could have done differently. Keep your eyes on the
“Stepping onto a new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” Maya Angelou “A part of me wants to keep my eyes closed and pull the covers over my head, block out the light trying to be
“You are not selfish for wanting the same energy and love you give.” Unknown “It’s okay to let go of those who couldn’t love you. Those who didn’t know how to. Those who failed to even try. It’s okay to outgrow them, because that means you filled the empty space
“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” Sarah Ban Breathnach “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic within it.” Goethe “Be brave and create the life of your dreams. Dare
“If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.” Arianna Huffington “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all of your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” Roger Crawford “Learn from the stories of people who faced challenges you haven’t yet experienced.” Joanna Barsh “Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” Ruth Gordo “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. Madeleine Albright
“Saying no to others is saying yes to yourself.” Jack Canfield “No is necessary magic. No draws a circle around you with chalk and says, ‘I have given enough.” McKayla Robbin “No is a complete sentence. It does not require an explanation to follow. You can truly answer someone’s request
“How many times did I ask myself what I found so thrilling about drinking when it only brought unhappiness, loneliness, sickness, depression? I wasn’t ‘living,’ I was only breathing to feed an addiction.” Jean Kirkpatrick, PhD., Turnabout “To change requires a decision, a conscious decision to end all the misery you
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln “Adulthood is like the vet, and we’re all dogs that were excited for the ride until we realized where we’re going.” Unknown “No one else is going to build the life you want for you. No one
