This document contains 6 short quotes or sayings about self-acceptance, confidence, and making the most of life. The quotes encourage being true to yourself, getting closer to your authentic self without worrying about competition, realizing the wonderful experiences of life, taking charge and initiative in life instead of waiting for opportunities, adapting to difficulties by changing yourself or the situation, and understanding your own value.

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3. ‚Remove those ‘I want you to like me’
stickers from your forehead
and, instead, place them where they
truly will do the most good — on your
mirror!‛ ~Susan Jeffers
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4. ‚If you’re able to be yourself, then you
have no competition. All you have to do is
get closer and closer to that essence. –
Barbara Cook‛
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5. What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish
I’d realized it sooner. – Colette
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6. I love to see a young girl go out and grab
the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch.
You’ve got to go out and kick ass. – Maya
Angelou
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7. There are two ways of meeting difficulties.
You alter the difficulties or you alter
yourself to meet them. – Phyllis Bottome
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8. If you value yourself, you understand that
you are a gift to anyone you meet. –
Rhonda Britten
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