David Niven Quotes

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

There's always a way to pull back and discredit ourselves, but once you just shut that out and start doing it, you realize things about yourself that you never thought were possible.

When a warrior is present and awake to all that she is, she is able to take on any challenge, any project, or any future that she desires. Her daily prayer is to have the strength to love all of herself, the courage to listen to what she is guided to do and the confidence to go out, stand tall and deliver her gifts to the world.

Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we ought to do. Other people's assertions cannot silence the howling dirge within us. It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.

You change the world by being yourself.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.

I came to love, I came into my own.

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right.

I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself. I'm beginning to think of roles that I could do that I would not have allowed myself to think of before, saying: 'That's not for me, that's for the big guns.'

My mission is to give girls the tools to be able to blossom into their best selves.

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.

I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

One creates oneself.