Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself.

I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. 'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.

Most people are not valued. Very few people have someone who believes in them. Very few have others love them unconditionally. Do these things intentionally every day.

I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.

But, most of the time it takes people to hit rock bottom for them to start believing in themselves, and start seeking help.

I'm just a normal girl who dreams, who fights for what I believe.

I don't think I'm the most confident person, but I have people around me who, while they don't say I am the greatest thing in football, have a general belief in me.

I write from a thorough conviction that it is the duty of me, and with the belief that, after every drawback and shortcoming, I do my best, all things considered--that is for me, and, so being, the not being listened to by one human creature would, I hope, in nowise affect me.

So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.

There's nothing like confidence.

NO one deserves anything less than being loved.

I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.

We need above all to learn again to believe in the possibility of nobility of spirit in ourselves.

It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

I am so imperfect, can you love me when really my soul is deformed? Will you love me anyhow?

You were just worried about me." An exhale, relieved that I had understood. "Yeah" I turned. "Because you think I'm worth it" He put his fingers under my chin. "I absolutely think your worth it." "But you don't think you are." His mouth opened. Shut. "That's what this is about, Derek. You won't let us worry about you because you don't think you're worth it. But I do. I absolutely do.

Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.

Some friends don't understand this. They don't understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I love you and I support you just the way you are because you're wonderful just the way you are. They don't understand that I can't remember anyone ever saying that to me. I am so demanding and difficult for my friends because I want to crumble and fall apart before them so that they will love me even though I am no fun, lying in bed, crying all the time, not moving. Depression is all about If you loved me you would.

Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.

This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits.

You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.

Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.

A strong marriage requires loving your spouse even in those moments when they aren't being lovable; it means believing in them even when they struggle to believe in themselves.