1. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” -Harvey Fierstein

2. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ” -M. Scott Peck

3. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -Mary Dunbar

4. “Having a low opinion of yourself is not “modesty”. It’s self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not “egotism”. It’s a necessary precondition to happiness and success.” -Bobbe Sommer

5. “By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” -Edwin Elliot

6. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” -William James

7. “When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” -Jodi Picoult

8. “Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.” -Iyanla Vanzant

9. “How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others.” -Steve Maraboli 

10. “Butterflies can’t see their wings. They can’t see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well.” -Unknown

11. “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” -Sonya Friedman

12. “All that you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it.” -Eileen Caddy

13. “I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.” -Oprah Winfrey

14.  “A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.” -Andrew Matthews

15. “If people refuse to look at you in a new light and they can only see you for what you were, only see you for the mistakes you’ve made, if they don’t realize that you are not your mistakes, then they have to go.” – Steve Maraboli

16. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

17. “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t – you’re right.” -Henry Ford

19. “Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.” -Baltasar Gracian

20. “Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.” -Zig Ziglar