Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.