Sarah McLachlan Quotes

You have to choose between what the world expects of you and what you want for yourself.

Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

Whatever you want that others in your life can't give you, ask yourself how you can give it to yourself.

I crave time in all its duration, and I want to be myself unconditionally.

You weren't created to be unhappy in order to keep everyone else happy. Run your own race.

You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself

If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.

You can't save the world...save YOUR heart. Be a catalyst & create a life where you are powerful. Rebel. Be happy & allow others happiness.

Don't live your life to please other people.

Success has to be an inside job. Happiness does not come from external material things. Even people don't make us ultimately happy. It's how we choose to deal with those things that happen in our lives that matters.

I was more worried about what other people would think rather than, you know, me. But you have got to do what is right for yourself and what you feel comfortable with.

There is only one person who can ever know exactly what you want and truly make you happy - that person is you!

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

Your life is meant for you to understand and process, not to make anyone else happy.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

I don't care what people think about me. I care what people think about my work. As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own.

Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves.

I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or even about the choices I make about my life. I want to be feel empowered and inspired because they feel good to me.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

At the end of the day, you won't be happy until you love yourself.

Accept yourself. Love yourself just as you are. Your finest work, your best moments, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You give a great gift to the world when you do that. You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves. Revel in self love. Roll in it. Bask in it, as you would the sunshine.