"Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find."

-- E. L. Konigsburg

#Being Yourself Quotes #Hardest Quotes

“Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.”
“Once you're in, you're in. It's like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee.”
“He doesnâ€™t love me. He might still love me as I was at fifteen, when I didnâ€™t know any better. When I trusted everyone. Iâ€™m not that person any more. Heâ€™s just a boy. He was the first to really hurt me, but heâ€™s just a boy. There were a lot of them.”
“Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.”
“I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring.”
“I was seven years old when I learnt the back somi on beam.”
“Personally, the message that I would like to convey to everyone is just that life is really great and you can do whatever you want with it. That's what I feel like I've gotten out of my experience with the band, because I have done so many amazing things that I never thought I would get to do-and I don't really feel like I'm any more qualified than the next person. I feel like people should take their goals seriously and do exactly what they want, because they can.”
“I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.”

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