We shall soon be in a world in which a man may be howled down for saying that two and two make four, in which people will persecute the heresy of calling a triangle a three-sided figure, and hang a man for maddening a mob with the news that grass is green.
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.
- Topic: Confidence, Self-esteem
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.
The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.
If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing!
Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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.
Esteem to your higher self.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.
