"I am sure it is everyone’s experience, as it has been mine, that any discovery we make about ourselves or the meaning of life is never, like a scientific discovery, a coming upon something entirely ne..."
- W.H. Auden
"The most destructive thing we can possibly do in life is to make another person doubt his worth and identity as a child of God. The very most productive thing we can do is to help ourselves and others..."
- Toni Sorenson
"The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy."
- Stefan Molyneux
"Do we take less pride in the possession of our home because its walls were built by some unknown carpenter, its tapestries woven by some unknown weaver on a far Oriental shore, in some antique time? N..."
- Roman Payne
"Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions."
- Amit Kalantri
"To sum it up, succuss is merely a small act of courageousness."
- Kierra C.T. Banks
"How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be thin is upon them, can lose completely their sense of balance and proportion and spend yea..."
- Kathryn Hurn
"Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives."
- Lorii Myers
"Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
"Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana