Jodi Picoult Quotes

Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

We... heal ourselves by giving others what we most need.

Telling my children was the toughest part. But that's when you get strong, because you have to be strong for other people.

The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.

Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're capable of creating

That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere

Those of you who are strong need to be there for those who have lost someone today. We have to be here for each other right now.

Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay." She narrowed her eyes at me. "When did you suddenly become so positive?" "Just get out of there.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself

And all the things that break you are all the things that make you strong. You can't change the past 'Cause it's gone, and you just gotta move on.

I feel a strong wakeup call and need to build social connections.

I don't have a lot of self-confidence. I'm getting there. Before I had zero confidence, but it's one of those things you learn and accept.

Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?

If a woman wants to succeed in the public arena, she needs to grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros. I have certainly, as you can tell, have had to learn how to do that, and there's a lot of good moisturizers I can tell you about if you're interested. The second thing is to learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.

The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you'll need to carry on.

What makes me feel strong? Being in love and work. I must work.

I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the impact would break me. But now I know I am like the blade and he is like the whetstone- I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.

Regardless of how hard, challenging, frightening, or difficult an experience may seem, everything is just as it needs to be in order for us to heal, grow, and learn.

Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

Your wealth of experience makes you rich. Spend it on hurt people. They need it so badly.

Be sensitive to the needs of those around you. Live as a healer. Lift the fallen, restore the broken, and encourage the discouraged.

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.