"As the demands of each relationship and each season bring new roles and responsibilities, you must concentrate on the method by which you fulfill them rather than trying to measure your success by the world's approval. You must extricate yourself from the trappings of success heaped upon women in our culture today– the right house in the right neighborhood, the charming husband and the well-behaved kids, the successful career and the right image. Quit comparing yourself to everyone around you and forcing yourself to do what they're doing, wear what their wearing, be who their being. You must be a success in your own eyes– regardless of where you are in life right now– rather than compare yourself to those women with more clothes, more men, or more ministry success. It doesn't matter if you're working the register at Target or working as a registered nurse, you must mind your method if you are to carry yourself with dignity befitting a leading lady."
-T.D. Jakes
