“Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.”

“Uasti was a good teacher,” he said. “She made you look a little way into yourself, see what you could become.”

Tanith Lee book The Birthgrave

“This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.”

Nina Simone (1933–2003) American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist

“I have met other women who were tender,
As you were cold, dear! with a grace as rare.
Think you, I turned to them, or made surrender,
I who had found you fair?”

George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

“It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

“Your environment will become you. Surround yourself with people who have the same dream as you, who have accomplished what you want & more.”

Keshia Chante (1988) Canadian actor and musician

“sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

“You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.”

Rupi Kaur (1992) Canadian poet

“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) English poet, author