Quotes About Self

We don't have the right to change anyone else, and no one else has the right to change us. If we are going to change, it is because we want to change, because we don't want to suffer any longer.

Finally, if you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of love coming out of you, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltec, the Mastery of Love.

The biggest fear we have is not the fear of dying, but the fear to be alive, to be ourselves, to say what we feel, to ask for what we want, to say yes when we want to say yes, and no when we want to say no. To express what is in our hearts is to be truly alive. If we pretend to be what we are not, how can we be truly alive?

You can never be what you are not. You can only be you, and that's it. And you are you right now, and it's effortless.

First is the Mastery of Awareness. This is to be aware of who we really are, with all the possibilities.

By the time we grow up, our faith is already invested in so many lies that we hardly have any power left to create the dream that we want to create.

Si las personas cambian es porque quieren cambiar, no porque tú puedas cambiarlas.

you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.

As you make a habit of not taking anything personally, you won't need to place your trust in what others do or say. You will only need to trust yourself to make responsible choices. You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you. When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally, you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others.

La primera regla resulta muy sencilla: No me creas.

There are thousands of agreements you have made with yourself, with other people, with your dream of life, with God, with society, with your parents, with your spouse, with your children. But the most important agreements are the ones you made with yourself.

Qué es el yo verdadero? ¿Por qué no tomas otro nombre? La rosa no dejaría de ser rosa, y de esparcir su aroma, aunque se llamase de otro modo. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves. You have to trust yourself and choose to believe or not to believe what someone says to you.

Intent, you say, or intention?" "Intention is the mind's work, señora. As you put it, a wish and a prayer . . ." ". . . and a hope," she murmured. "It takes something beyond hope to bring a dream to life," Leonardo said. "It takes action—action that is fueled by faith in oneself." "Faith in oneself?" said Lala. "You are the father of blasphemy, sir!" "So says the mother of lies, madam!

The difference is that you are no longer innocent. When you were a child this was not true; you didn't have a choice. But you are no longer a child. Now it's up to you to choose what to believe and what not to believe. You can choose to believe in anything, and that includes believing in yourself.

Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.

los acuerdos más importantes son los que has hecho contigo mismo. En esos acuerdos te has dicho quién eres, qué sientes, qué crees y cómo debes comportarte. El resultado es lo que llamas tu personalidad.

La necesidad de atención se vuelve muy fuerte y continúa en la edad adulta.

Taking things personally makes you easy prey for these predators, the black magicians.

We frequently use memory against ourselves, but we have the power to use it differently. Instead, we can let memory enlighten us.

because we are inside the bubble of our own perception, whatever happens around us now seems as if it is because of us.

There is only one way to change our story, and that is by changing what we believe about ourselves.

algo sucedió en su interior que transformó su vida para siempre. Se miró las manos, sintió su cuerpo y oyó su propia voz que decía: «Estoy hecho de luz; estoy hecho de estrellas».

Early in its education every mind learns how to use words to threaten, to punish, and to destroy. If that fact sounded harsh to his apprentices, he had only to remind them of how they spoke to themselves—how they attacked themselves on a daily basis. The mind is its own kind of predator, whether it belongs to the body of a bashful woman or a brawny man.