25 Awesome Quotes To Help You Appreciate Yourself

Sometimes you just have to remind yourself that you are awesome. It’s not always easy, but here are some quotes to aid in changing your mindset to become more positive about who you are and everything you are capable of doing.

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1.

You only have your thoughts and dreams ahead of you. You are someone. You mean something.
—Batman

2.

When you’re trying to motivate yourself, appreciate the fact that you’re even thinking about making a change. And as you move forward, allow yourself to be good enough.
—Alice Domar

3.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.
—Zig Ziglar

4.

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
—Paulo Coelho

5.

Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as it should be.
—Wayne W. Dyer

6.

If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers… let us make it good.
—Beta Ray Bill

7.

You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine.
—Dieter F. Uchrdorf

8.

Never forget who you are.
—The Lion King

9.

You can always do more than you think you can.
—John Wooden

10.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.
—Oscar Wilde

11.

By being yourself, you put something in the world that was not there before.
—Edwin Elliot

12.

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
—Amy Bloom

13.

That breath you just took… that’s a gift.
—Rob Bell

14.

If we did all the things we are capable of we would astound ourselves.
—Thomas Edison

15.

There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
—Nelson Mandela

16.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.
—Jim Rohn

17.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else’s life better—even if you never know it.
—Greg Louganis

18.

Life doesn’t give us purpose. We give life purpose.
—The Flash

19.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.
—Coco Chanel

20.

You are capable of more than you know.
—Glinda

21.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
—Christian D. Larson

22.

One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.
—Linda Poindexter

23.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
—C. S. Lewis

24.

You’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge, it won’t be visible even. But it will matter just the same.
—Commissioner James Gordon

25.

Promise me you’ll always remember you’re braver than you believe, you are stronger than you seem, and you are smarter than you think.
—Winnie the Pooh
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Jamie Kensinger

A millennial with a Framed Higher Ed degree, not working in Higher Ed.

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