A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

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

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.

As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take in being alive.

The ultimate test of our integrity is not how we deal with those whom we agree but how we deal with those who we do not agree.

No one is coming to save you.

To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always being controlled by forces external to oneself.