One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with himself or with others.

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible.

Some people stand and move as if they have no right to the space they occupy. They wonder why others often fail to treat them with respect-not realizing that they have signaled others that it is not necessary to treat them with respect.

We must become what we wish to teach.

Respect starts with ourselves.

I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.