“Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.”

“Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.”

Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

“When you’re young you never doubt yourself. You never wonder if you’re justified. But as a man gets older he learns to doubt. Whether he can do a thing—whether he should.”

C. L. Moore (1911–1987) American author

“I was never no, never no, never enough,
But I can try, I can try to toughen up.”

Zooey Deschanel (1980) American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter

“You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”

Sue Grafton (1940–2017) American writer

“There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.”

Mario Puzo The Godfather

“Never underestimate yourself”

Carolyn Mackler (1973) American writer

“Never, never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again.”

Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”

Harvey Fierstein (1954) actor from the United States