It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

Moved by a passion they do not understand for a goal they seldom reach, men and women are haunted by the vision of a distant possibility that refuses to be extinguished.

Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them.

How do we nurture the soul? By revering our own life. By learning to love it all, not only the joys and the victories, but also the pain and the struggles.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.'

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