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“You have a four-fold life to live: a body, a brain, a heart and a soul . . . these are your living tools. To use and develop them is not a task. . . . It is a golden opportunity.”
― William H. Danforth, I Dare You!

“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
― Jessamyn West

“Let the wife make her husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave.”
― Martin Luther

“If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“I am a diamond in the rut. A diamond to an untrained eye looks like a rock stone. So men will kick it around on the ground. It takes a man with an expert eye for fine Jewelry to notice its worth. Do not feel bad when men treat you like the little boys in Africa who gave away stones in exchange for candy. The hungry boys thought they were getting something better but had exchange wealth for a sugar high. Some men will do that. Exchange a valuable woman for the transient high of another. The boys didn't know better and so do some of these men. They don't know your worth.”
― Crystal Evans, Ten Things Your Mother Should Have Told You about Dating

“To be creative, first we must be generous. Then we must have a quiet, indomitable belief in our own worth.”
― Donna Goddard

“Don't be shy: for to be shy means that you do not believe in who you are or your worth.”
― Gillian Duce

“True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving.
False friends demand you prove that worth.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year