“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” – Marcus Aurelius

“You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.” – Dorothy Allison

“You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.” – Amy Poehler

“Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do, you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.” – Alice Munro, Runaway

“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.” – Henry James

“One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.” – Susan Sontag

“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.” Confucius

“You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws.” – Cecelia Ahern

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou