Quote by Laverne M. Ballard

“I wasn’t falling for it. At least that’s what I kept telling myself.”

— Rachel Higginson

“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

“What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have?”

— Cheryl Strayed

“Accept that there were some things you could not change and some things that you should.”

— Amy Lane

“The awkward moment when you realize just how much you have changed to please another person. Then you discover they would never do the…

— Lisa-Marie Enaaja

“The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.”

— Grace Murray Hopper

“That's what hope was. Clinging to something you weren't sure would ever be yours. But you had to hold on anyway, because without it,…

— Jennifer Rush

“I wanted to tell them that they had made a mistake. I wasn’t like them. I didn’t want the same things that they wanted,…

— Ling Ma

“Have you ever wanted something that you knew you shouldn’t have? That it was wrong on every level, but you knew you needed it?”

— Jamie McGuire

“I wonder what would happen if you gave up your need to be right?”

— Terry Tempest Williams

“I don't behave, I just stand, and how I stand sets the standard.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“It's kind of silly to feel so disappointed about something you only just realized you wanted, isn't it?”

— Jenny Han