Whether in the workplace or in personal relationships, success belongs to those who are willing to take responsibility for attaining their desires-those who respond to life actively rather than passively.

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

The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body. The child's primary business is learning. It is also the primary entertainment. To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being.

A depression is a large-scale decline in production and trade...there is nothing in the nature of a free-market economy to cause such an event.

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.

Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.