Do It Yourself Quotes

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.

If you want to be productive, follow leads and dig. Whether it is for oil, gold or information, it requires action - your action. Question authority. Do it yourself.

Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you.

Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong.

I admire anyone with their own sense of personal style.

I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.

When people come and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you.

But it is not what I am saying that is hurting you; it is that you have wounds that I touch by what I have said. You are hurting yourself. There is no way I can take this personally.

It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.

God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you - it's like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage.

I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged. You can't lose sight of what your goals are.

sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.

The best possible preparation of success is empower yourself with trust in self capabilities.

Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.

When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material.

It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.

Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.

Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you'll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight.

If you don't feel free and be yourself, you can't connect. Find people who accept your quirks. They'll heal your soul.

Know yourself, like yourself, be yourself.

Know yourself. Be yourself. Love yourself. Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

If you can convince yourself that you look fabulous, you can save yourself the trouble of primping.

Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don't wait.

Pause and remember - It is never too late to begin again, to forgive someone, to have a dream, to meet someone or to love yourself. It is never too late!

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

Often really what you need is someone who will believe in you, who will encourage you to believe in yourself.

The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.

I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want.

Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)!

When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you're living a less performed life.

When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.

Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.

Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.

Just keep being true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

It’s hard to feel desire when you don’t feel desirable

Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both.

Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

Depend only upon yourself, but work in harmony with all things.