"Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success."
"Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others."
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Source: Business Class : Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work by Jacqueline Whitmore, (p. 25), 2005.
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