You've heard the old adage: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." That's Eleanor Roosevelt's gem for all of us. So when you have a jealous friend or sister, or anyone who has a big target on your back, trying to make you as unhappy as they are, just repeat that saying to yourself.

Yes, I know, the awful thing they said should NEVER have been said, and it's hard not to take it personally. But this is a new day. This is when you make a promise to yourself that you won't let them steal an ounce of your happiness. You won't let them take an ounce of your peace.

So when those verbal arrows come your way, imagine yourself doing the coolest martial arts moves ever, jumping and twirling to let them fly right past you. You have an incredible self-protection weapon: you won't consent to being hurt, and whatever those mean-spirited people send your way, you're safe.

No one can make you feel inferior, or sad, or angry, or unworthy without your consent.

Do you have a different quote that you use to cheer yourself up when others try to bring you down? Share it here in the Comments -- you never know who you might help!