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“Every man must at last accept himself for his portion and learn to do his work with the tools and talents with which he has been endowed.”
“Of all our infirmities the most savage is to despise our being.”
“Change occurs when one becomes what she is not when she tries to become what she is not.”
“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.”
“Human beings aren't orchids we must draw something from the soil we grow in.”
“I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.”
“A sobering thought: what if right at this very moment I am living up to my full potential?”
“I long to see everything to know everything to learn everything!”
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.”
“If one is cruel to himself how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?”
“Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.”
“No matter what age you are or what your circumstances might be you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life because of who you are has meaning.”
“Interest in the lives of others the high evaluation of these lives what are they but the overflow of the interest a man finds in himself the value he attributes to his own being?”
“Healthy personalities accept themselves not in any self-idolizing way but in the sense that they see themselves as persons who are worth giving to another and worthy to receive from another.”
“A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.”
“To love others we must first learn to love ourselves.”
“There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem the more likely one will treat others with respect kindness and generosity. People who do not experience self-love have littl...”
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.”
“Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not a sense of humor was provided to console us for what we are.”
