The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. -Anna Quindlen

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. -Agnes Repplier

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out. -Mae West

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. -Mary Tyler Moore

The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present. -Barbara De Angelis