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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be yourself." ...

"Oh great creator of being, grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives." ...

"You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you." - Margaret Atwood ...

"Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers."  - Aldous Huxley ...

"If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent." - Bette Davis ...

“...before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” - Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird ...

"We are, perhaps uniquely among the earth’s creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still." - Lewis Thomas ...

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability." - John Wooden ...

"To avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible. By contrast the most responsible, the most challenging, and, in the sense of being true to yourself, the most honorable ...