The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

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.

Anger gets you into trouble, ego keeps you in trouble.

Living for your purpose is equivalent to living for the Kingdom of God

Crying relieves pressure on soul.

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations reality is therefore abandoned.

It was like she'd become the sun, and I started revolving around her. She was my center.

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

The New Year has come to us. / God be blessed for it.

The goal for me in business is to work on things I want to work on, and be as successful as I can, without achieving any sort of attention or fame. That would be the best. That would be ideal.