Guest Author - Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart. – unknown

A better self-image doesn't pay the rent or cook supper or prevent nuclear war. Feeling better about ourselves doesn't change the world by itself, but it can give us energy to do what we want and to work for change. – Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century

Most of us are extremely fearful about life. We're constantly trying to protect and defend ourselves. – Jim Loehr

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. – Sophia Loren

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. – Desiderius Erasmus

Charm…it's sort of a bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. – J.M Barrie

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be ALIVE is a grand thing. – Agatha Christie

Someone's opinion of you doesn't have to become your reality. – Les Brown

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a like from within. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. – Anne Lamott

It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflice our world. – Eric Hoffer

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune but just yourself that kept things from you. – Lillian Hellman

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it. – Gloria Steinem

Some beautiful things are more impressive when left imperfect than when too highly finished. – La Rochefoucauld

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. – Unknown

Who loves himself need fear no rivals. – Latin saying

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. – Sophia Loren

Why hope to live a long life if we're only going to fill it with self-absorption, body maintenance, and image repair? When we die, do we want people to exclaim, "She looked ten years younger," or do we want them to say, "She lived a great life!" - Unknown