Quotes About Self-trust

It was loneliness and insecurity that had brought Claudia to the chaos of madness. It was community, love, and friendship that finally brought her inner peace. This movement from chaos to inner peace, from self—hate to self—trust, began when Claudia realized that she was loved.

I could, for the first time in maybe thirty years, make my own decision, trust it, and move forward.

there are things you have to do for yourself, even if everyone else thinks you're crazy.

Besides, there are things you have to do for yourself, even if everyone else thinks you're crazy.

But there are things you tell yourself. And there are things you know. And Maddie knew that the one person she could depend on was herself. But that's okay, she thought. I'm usually enough.

Sometimes you just have to act on your own. Sometimes you have to do what you know inside to be right.

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.

I've always been 6' 5', 230 pounds, and can throw the ball better than anybody. So I've always believed in myself and I'll continue to do that.

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

I never ask anyone else's opinion. They don't count.

Never count on the crowd to take care of you.

The best jury of your peers that you'll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you're capable of and what you want to be.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

I prefer being wrong in my own way to being right in someone else's.

Just Do What you feel, and Don't you fool yourself

we can tell our hearts exactly what to believe, but the cheeky little bastards won't listen to anyone but themselves

It was true; books had saved me in my home remodeling projects, but they fell short in teaching me how to trust my instincts, and how to stop thinking with my educated brain and more with my kneecaps and butt cheeks.

If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else believe in you? We can be our own best friends or our own worst enemies. I have always vowed to be my own best friend by exhibiting a positive attitude.

One cannot choose wisely for a life unless he dares to listen to himself, his own self, at each moment of his life.

Vertrauen Sie darauf, dass Sie wissen, was das Beste für Sie ist.

At some point, though, I gritted my teeth—literally—and told myself that was no way to approach life. I had to stop panicking. If I didn't calm down and believe in myself, at least a little bit, how could anyone else?

The greatest freedom I have now is that I no longer believe that anyone else can save my life. --Erica Jong, quoted by bell hooks in Communion The Female Search for Love