Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

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

When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

This is the thing that I was born to do.

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

Howsoever you may repair it, a rift is a rift.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

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.

The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone.