You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.

If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

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

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

Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success.

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.

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