1. “I am not lucky; I am good.” – Martina Navratilova 2. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let me.” – Diane von Furstenberg 3. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis 4. “I’ve seen the beauty of good and the ugliness of evil and I know the good is more powerful.” – Anne Frank 5. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” – Madonna 6. “You don’t have to be someone else to impress anybody. You are good enough.” – Serena Williams 7. “I am the architect of my own destruction and my own elevation.” – Virgil Abloh 8. “I have a lot to prove—mostly to myself.” – Misty Copeland 9. “I am deliberate about speaking life into myself every single day.” – Viola Davis 10. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung 11. “I wake up every morning believing that today is going to be better than yesterday.” – will.i.am 12. “I am my own muse, my own subject. I know the piece I can become.” – Frida Kahlo 13. “I have confidence in my preparation, confidence in my purpose, and confidence in myself.” – Alex Morgan 14. “I don’t believe in failure, because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve admitted you attempted.” – Queen Latifah 15. “I am a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, signed by struggle and framed by resilience.” – Lizzo 16. “I keep my heart and soul in charge of my destiny.” – Dolly Parton 17. “If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 18. “I am in charge of how I feel and today I am choosing happiness.” – Demi Lovato 19. “I am constantly proving to myself that limits are negotiable.” – Eliud Kipchoge 20. “I am the hero of this story; I don’t need to be saved.” – Lady Gaga “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment.” – Napoleon Hill “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life—and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown “Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.” – Richard Bach “I am the greatest. I said that before I even knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect.” – Vivian Komori “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” – Louise Hay “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” – Joyce Brothers “You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” – Winston Churchill “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all your life.” – Golda Meir “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” – Audre Lorde “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” – Helen Keller “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg (paraphrasing the Buddha in her own voice) “I’m not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey “Your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.” – Toni Morrison