“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”—Michael Altshuler

“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”—Tina Fey

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”— Marcus Garvey

“When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.”—Solange Knowles

“I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”—Maya Angelou

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”―Anaïs Nin

“If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life.”—Anne Hathaway

“It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong.”—Lena Dunham

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”—Buddha

“Self love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.”―Beau Taplin