One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with himself or with others.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his grasp again.

Life is full of changes. And surprises. And the inexplicable(s).

Know your value, accept nothing but the best.

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.

My whole being was seeking for something still unknown which might confer meaning upon the banality of life.

The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.

False teachers invite people to come to the Master's table because of what's on it, not because they love the Master.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

You're actually using your brain. That's what comes from associating with me.

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go.