
I have to live with myself,and so I want to be fit for myself to know;I want to be able as days go by Always to look at myself straight in the eye;I don't want to stand with the setting sun And hate myself for the things I've done. I don't want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself,And fool myself as I come and go Into thinking that knowbody else will know The kind of person I really am: I don't want to dress myself up in sham. I want to go out with my head erect,I want to deserve all people's respect;But here in the struggle for fame and pelf,I want to be able to like myself.I don't want to think as I come and go That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show. I never can hide myself from me,I see what others may never see,I know what others may never know,I never can fool myself-and so,Whatever happens,I want to be Self-respecting and conscience free.
Author: Edgar A. Guest

You've got to be real. Don't be a phony. Come on as yourself. The hardest thing in the world is to be something you're not. As you get closer and closer and closer to what you are,be that,and come on all the time that way. You'll find it's an easy way to live.
Author: Leo Buscaglia




Some people will be your friend because of whom you know. Some people will be your friend because of your position. Some people will be your friend because of the way you look. Some people will become your friend because of your possessions. But the only real friends are the people who will be your friends because they like you for how you are inside.
Author: Susan Polis Schutz




Be yourself; the world will benefit from your talent and your humor. Search for people who love and appreciate you for who you are and who encourage you to improve. Don,t be satisfied with less than all you can be, for you have greatness with in you.
Author: Bill Cross

There are many times in every life when we feel hurt or alone. But I believe these times when we feel lost and all around us seems to be falling apart are really bridges of growth. We struggle and try to recapture the security of what was, but almost in spite of ourselves we emerge on the other side with a new understanding, a new arareness, a new strength. It is almost as though we must go through the pain and the struggle in order to grow and reach new heights.
Author: Sue Mitchell

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't always mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of a woman or man, not the grief of a child and you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get to much so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure, you really are strong,you really do have worth and you learn and you learn with every goodbye, you learn.
Author: Veronica A. Shoffstall
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