"A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror."
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"If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one."
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"Only the fact that we are unaware how well our nearest know us enables us to live with them. Love is the most impregnable refuge of self-esteem, and we hate the eye that reaches to our nakedness. Edith Wharton ~ The Touchstone"
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"When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks."
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"Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth."
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"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are."
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"We're here to make people feel like a million dollars, not two cents."
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"A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise."
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"Friendship with oneself is all important."
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"I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people."
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"We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals."
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"There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here."
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"I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent."
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"Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others."
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"If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else."
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"The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual."
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"We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be."
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"Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist and the self-confidence of a con man are not interchangeable states, and do not come from the same psychological universe. The success of a man who deals with reality augments his self-confidence. The success of a con man augments his panic."
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"Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions."
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"You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing."
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