You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their problems you instantly offer a solution Encourage people to look for their own solutions-and project the knowledge that they are capable of doing so.

When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises

We tend to feel most comfortable, "most at home", with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

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

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.

Taking on responsibilities that properly belong to someone else means behaving irresponsibly toward yourself. You need to know where you end and someone else begins. You need to understand boundaries. You need to know what is and is not up to you, what is and is not in your control, what is and is not your responsibility.