The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“Accept who you are; and revel in it.” – Mitch Albom

“Insist on yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.” – St. Therese De Lisieux

“In trying to please all, he had pleased none.” – Aesop

“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it — basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” – Charles Bukowski

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” – Marianne Williamson

“Don’t become something just because someone else wants you to, or because it’s easy; you won’t be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the shit out of you.” – Kristen Wiig

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

“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” – George Sand