Self Help Quotes

We cannot escape the longing, no matter what life we choose. We’re either longing for people, places or times gone by, which are essentially the same things: memories. And, whether or not we travel, the older we get, the more memories we collect. Nostalgia is simply the result of aging and liking the life you’ve lived. Be happy you can feel it—it’s a good sign.

~ Anthony Marais

In our formative years, every person begins creating a self that can keep him or her company through later stages in life. It requires concentrated effort to create self-hood. The task of creating a fully developed human being is an ongoing process, an open-ended assignment. The goal of self-hood is to evade slipping into a state of thoughtlessness, where we fail to take ownership of our thoughts, deeds, and lifestyle.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

A person’s outlook on life colors their interpretation of specific events. Human beings’ behavioral and thinking patterns enable people to thrive or cause them to live in despondency and despair.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting.

~ Albert Ellis

The foundation stone of all philosophy is self-knowledge and being true to thy self. A person must address an inner necessity in order to realize the fundamental truth about oneself, seek self-improvement, and gain knowledge through experience.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The path to Enlightenment is simple: Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Love.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

It's not enough to 'like' and retweet. Best we express our love to all that we meet.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Stop beating yourself up over the past.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Let go of your hate. It's not too late.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Stop assuming the worst. Give others the benefit of the doubt.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Have faith in the truth. Faith can move mountains.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Every act of kindness is a seed of success.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Being dogmatic and close-minded are not virtues.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Don't be content with your judgments. They diminish you.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

Sorry is good. Not repeating the mistake is better.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

...it’s not him that you’re still pining after, it’s the lost time. You’re mourning what should’ve been more so than what really was. You feel robbed as well you should, but not for the right reasons.

~ Jordan Silver

....what I’m really saying is that you knew, somewhere deep inside you knew that he wasn’t the one for you. I’ve always wondered with people who get divorced if the wronged party hadn’t seen it coming.

~ Jordan Silver

No one else sees you as the villain here, but you gotta stop being a victim babe.

~ Jordan Silver

He was so glad he didn’t go through with his plan to end himself. What an idiot. Look at how much he would’ve missed if he’d followed through.

~ Jordan Silver

KYLE: ... no way in h*ll he’s getting away with short changing you.”KERRYANNE: But like you said, I don’t need it so why?KYLE: Because it’s rightfully yours sweetheart.

~ Jordan Silver

All at once it occurs to me that I'm the one who needs to give myself the break, to accept myself for who I am.

~ Liza M. Wiemer

The more I thought about the reasons behind my insecurities, the more I realized that my issues with my appearance had nothing to do with reality. I didn’t feel fat because I was sluggish or unable to move my body with ease. I felt fat because I didn’t fit the mold of what society has taught me a woman should look like.

~ Jenn Sadai

I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.

~ Leigh Bardugo

It's hard to wake up when you don't know you're sleeping.

~ Walter E. Jacobson

To reduce your age,increase your experiences.

~ Subbu Peteti

Traveling solo is an incredible – life changing – journey, which I can recommend anyone to undertake. It’s the fear of being alone that prevents many people from daring to take the step to go on that journey. But as with many things, within that fear you’ll discover the greatest triumphs.

~ Jellis Vaes

It was odd to look for forgiveness and acceptance in my own head at first, but now I understood – it was the only place to look.

~ Orson De Witt

I learned long ago not to give a flying fuck what strangers thought about me. Hell, I only mildly care what my friends think. Life is too short to stress others’ opinions.

~ Bijou Hunter

Everything you seek is achieved from within not without. You know what is right and what is wrong for you because you feel it.

~ Mayra Mejia

When you muster the courage to processes reality as it is instead of sweeping feelings or emotions under the rug, you become stronger.

~ Mayra Mejia

We all deserve a love as deep as the oceans. Let us keep our oceans clean and enjoyable for us all.

~ Mayra Mejia

There's enough of everything to go around for everybody but not without awareness and positive beliefs about abundance.

~ Mayra Mejia

If you know why you are here, if you have a reason – a purpose, you know why you are born – you know why you are alive and you will feel alive. Purpose is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in the world to have.

~ Jellis Vaes

I honestly think that depression, unhappiness or the feeling of emptiness is more a lack of amazement about life than anything else.

~ Jellis Vaes

Another way you can be nicer to yourself is by replacing some of that asshole language that you use toward yourself in your head.

~ Robert Duff

I'm allowed to male mistakesI'm allowed to feel good sometimesAnxiety is my bitchI don't like these feelings, but they won't hurt meI'm going to be alright

~ Robert Duff

The mission of Jesus Christ should reside within all of our hearts: to love one another and to expand his gospel, furthering the Kingdom of God.

~ Kimberly L. Willis

Where in the self-help section of Barnes and Noble does one find a guide on dealing with a supernatural stalker?

~ Cosmo Knox

Don't you ever think that your mind can never harm you just because it is your mind! Your mind can really kill you. From dawn to the time you retire, your mind can be a very good friend to you and your mind can also be your worst friend. What goes into your mind each day becomes your friend so mind your mind!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Don't be reckless. Don't play it safe.

~ Walter E. Jacobson