If you opened this article, it probably means you can relate to giving yourself a hard time. Whether you're a perfectionist about your grades, the nice girl who hates conflict, or simply feel as though all that you do is never quite enough, these quotes are dedicated to you. You are perfectly imperfect and you need to breathe and give yourself a break. Write these in a journal, on a post-it note, hang them on a wall, or set them as your phone background because, girlfriend, everything turns out okay in the end, and if it's not okay, it's not the end. You can thank John Lennon for that one.
1. "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."-Christopher Columbus
2. "These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb."-Najwa Zebian
3. "Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."-Marilyn Monroe
4. "Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you, and stay."-Will Smith
5. "Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere."-Paulo Coelho
6. "Like wildflowers, you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would."-E.V.
7. Be mindful of the future, but not at the expense of the moment."-Qui Gon Jinn
8. "She's a dreamer, a doer, a thinker. She sees possibility everywhere."-G-Eazy
9. "There are better things ahead than those we leave behind."-C.S. Lewis
10. "Over-planning kills magic."-Danielle LaPorte
11. "What made her strong was despite the million things that hurt her she spoke of nothing, nothing but happiness."-J.A.
12. "Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love. Shush your inner bully. Be your own bestie."-Karen Salmansohn
13. "What feels like the end is often the beginning."-Karen Salmansohn
14. "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."-Martin Luther King Jr.
15. "Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."-Anne Frank
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