"Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?"
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"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."
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"Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within."
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"Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true."
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"Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
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"Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free."
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"Never follow the crowd."
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"The abused children are alone with their suffering, not only within the family, but also within themselves. They cannot crate a place in their own soul where they could cry their beart out."
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"The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone."
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"If you want a quality, act as if you already had it."
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"Above all things, reverence yourself."
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"No man is free who is not master of himself."
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"I'm not sure if resilience is ever achieved alone. Experience allows us to learn from example. But if we have someone who loves us-I don't mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side-then it's easier to grow resilience, to grow belief in self, to grow self-esteem. And it's self-esteem that allows a person to stand up."
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"If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?"
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"Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible."
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"I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness."
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"Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral."
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"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
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"The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image."
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"The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human."
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