The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

Respect starts with ourselves.

Either you will make your life work, or your life will not work.

Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: "What's good in my life?" and "What needs to be done?"

It's not that achievements prove our worth but rather that the process of achieving is the means by which we develop our effectiveness, our competence at living.

The greatest barrier to achievement and success is not lack of talent or ability but rather the feeling that achievement and success, above a certain level, are outside our self-concept-our image of who we are and what is appropriate to us.

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