Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
James Allen

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
Saint Francis de Sales

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you.
Mia Hamm

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Denis Waitley

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
Denis Waitley

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
Denis Waitley

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.
Denis Waitley

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
Johnny Carson

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
Andrew Carnegie

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
Andrew Carnegie

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
Layne Staley

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy Garland

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
e. e. cummings

It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.
Jeff Foxworthy

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Truman Capote

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
B. F. Skinner

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
Ralph Marston

Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
Ralph Marston