I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

— Michelle Obama

Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, “I’m possible!”

— Audrey Hepburn

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

— Anna Quindlen

 

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

— Barbara Streisand

You have to remember the value of your individuality, that you have something different to offer that nobody else can.

— Jennifer Lopez

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

— Alice Walker

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all: this, too, shall pass.

— Ann Landers

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

— Catherine the Great