The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.

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.

Most of us are taught from an early age to pay far more attention to signals coming from other people than from within. We are encouraged to ignore our own needs and wants and to concentrate on living up to others expectations.

Either you will make your life work, or your life will not work.

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

Capitalism, by its nature, entails a constant process of motion, growth and progress.