Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. - Van Wyck Brooks
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I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. - Henry James
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When we are confident, all we need is a little support. - Andre Laurendeau
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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. - Axel Munthe
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Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside; they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - ah, there is the sting of life. - Oscar Wilde
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We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm. - Winston Churchill
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The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself. - Marcel Pagnol
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We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our worst enemies. - Roderick Thorp
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A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself. - Henry Winkler
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. - Haim Ginott
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We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. - Olin Miller
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Morale is self-esteem in action. - Avery Weisman, MD
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Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. - Arthur E. Morgan
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Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it. - John Masefield
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