“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday.”— Anonymous, forbes.com
“If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.”— Shannon L. Alder, thinkpozitive.com
“A woman’s entire self-worth rests on her looks. That’s why. It’s because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Dreams come in all different shapes, and believe it or not giving up is no way to achieve them. Your dream may be different to mine, or his, hers, the rest of the world, or even your families but it is just as attainable as any. Keep working, keep striving and keep challenging yourself to achieve gr…”— Amy Kennedy, satiricalwords.tumblr.com
“This is not a story of another drunk college hookup with poor decision making. Assault is not an accident.”— Anonymous, buzzfeed.com
“To girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you. As the author Anne Lamott once wrote, “Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for…”— Anonymous, buzzfeed.com
“It is deeply offensive that he would try and dilute rape with a suggestion of 'promiscuity'. By definition rape is not the absence of promiscuity, rape is the absence of consent, and it perturbs me deeply that he can’t even see that distinction.”— Anonymous, buzzfeed.com
“Let me rephrase for you, I want to show people that one night of drinking can ruin two lives. You and me. You are the cause, I am the effect. You have dragged me through this hell with you, dipped me back into that night again and again. You knocked down both our towers, I collapsed at the same time…”— Anonymous, buzzfeed.com
“If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.”— Sara Bareilles, amazon.com
“Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.”— Shonda Rhimes, amazon.com
“Go make your big beautiful dent, and as you do so come down on the side of boldness. If you err, may it be for too much audacity, and not too little. For you really are enough.You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.”— Sue Monk Kidd, graduationwisdom.com
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.”— Ken Kesey, goodreads.com
“This isn’t a story about how some guy finally saves me from myself. I’m my own hero here; I do the saving.”— Kerry Cohen, amazon.com
“I am not going to sit on my ass as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it.”— Alan Ruck, imdb.com