Joseph Benavidez Quotes

My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.

Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

I am a much happier 27-year-old than I was at 20 years old. I am so fortunate because I have an amazing family, amazing friends and a great support system.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

It's important to enjoy who you are and to appreciate things around you.

All I can say is I know who I am, I know what I am about and I am very blessed to have the support from my family and friends.

I like my life and I like to be positive.

You have to be realistic. Not everyone is going to like you, so you have to focus on the ones who do.

Own what you have, be happy, love your family, and be sure of yourself no matter what passion you are chasing.

I'm having the life that I kind of hoped I might have one time, you know? I do feel like I have a place here. And, at least, I deserve it, as much as anybody else, hopefully.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Confidence comes from within and as long as you are putting forth a respectable effort to take good care of yourself, you should feel confident about that path.

By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves for whatever reason.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be happy with who I was. So I'm really thankful for my family and for the support system that I have for being the person that I am today. I'm proud of who I am.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

I think of myself as a really happy person.

You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!'

For many years when I was younger, I let negative things that people said about me affect my life. What I've learned is that it's really important to find the right support network, focus on the positive things in your life and quiet that negative voice in your head.