"Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression."

-- Mariella Frostrup

#Self Quotes #Elephants Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Don't decide that you're going to be a writer or musician and just expect it to happen because it's a big gamble and a lot less predictable than a conventional job. But you do increase the likelihood of success by working as hard as you can and holding yourself to the highest standard you can muster.”

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“And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.”
“A big hole in a poor child's shoe is the simplest evidence to condemn the society he lives in.”
“One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.”
“Too much of anything can make you sick, even the good can be a curse - Cheryl Cole”
“I want Cuba . . . I want Tamaulipas, Potosi, and one or two other Mexican States; and I want them all for the same reason for the planting and spreading of slavery.”
“It's the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.”
“If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.”

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