Kent Nerburn Quotes

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

You always just have to be the best that you can be. And if you know that in your heart, then that's all that matters.

The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best.

I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being.

I understand now that my soul is my power, not perfection or my ego. I continue to teach this to my children, despite their glamorous careers. If we can maintain our core values, the exteriors take second place and become a gift, a source of gratitude.

That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.

You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline

Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

You change the world by being yourself.

I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are or who you are. I think that's why people feel connected.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

You should never give up your inner self.

Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix.