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A competent and self-confident person is
incapable of jealousy in anything.
Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
- Robert A. Heinlein
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Anyone who can worship a trinity
and insist that his religion is a monotheism
can believe anything.
- Robert A Heinlein
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Almost any sect, cult, or religion will
legislate its creed into law
if it acquires the political power.
- Robert A. Heinlein
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering.
"Supernatural" is a null word.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
- Robert A. Heinlein
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
- Robert A. Heinlein
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life
comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
- Robert A. Heinlein
I have spent many years of my life in opposition,
and I rather like the role.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
- W. C. Fields
He who joyfully marches in rank and file
has already earned my contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake,
since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
- Albert Einstein
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.
Heroes set their own course.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I was wise enough to never grow up
while fooling most people into believing I had.
- Margaret Mead
This is your day to Laugh at Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
- Leonardo da Vinci
It is our choices ... that show what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets)
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I'm awash in self-contempt!
- the Woody Allen movie Celebrity
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
- don Miguel Ruiz
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving.
I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
- William J. Clinton
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect,
and the absence of ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Self confident independent thinker -
sounds like the makings of a hero.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
I am a self-centered spoiled-rotten brat,
Thank you for nurturing me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.
- George Carlin
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
Weariness comes, on some days, from lack of service to self.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I sail the seas of life as the MASTER of my ship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self,
can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Every man has his own courage,
and is betrayed because he seeks in himself
the courage of other persons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Small people never learn to be indifferent;
they either envy or pity.
- Anonymous
We all go through life bristling
at our external limitations,
but the most difficult chains
to break are inside us.
- Bradley Whitford
Freedom is from within.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
- Henry David Thoreau
Don't look for approval from anyone other than yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain
Other people do not have to change
for us to experience peace of mind.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Ninety-nine percent of who you are
is invisible and untouchable.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Real excellence and humility are
not incompatible one with the other,
on the contrary they are twin sisters.
- Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
The way to develop self-confidence
is to do the thing you fear
and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
- William Jennings Bryan
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One important key to success is self-confidence.
An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Solitude is painful when one is young,
but delightful when one is more mature.
- Albert Einstein
We disrespect ourselves and our free-will
whenever we say that we NEED to do something.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
- William Shakespeare
You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise
If a man is called to be a street sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts
of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have a great deal of company in the house,
especially in the morning when nobody calls.
- Henry David Thoreau
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
No one is in control of your happiness but you;
therefore, you have the power to change anything
about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara De Angelis
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
May your life always be Counterpoint to the Clamor of the World.
May you delight in Dancing Lightly With Life.
May you soar on eagle wings, high above the madness of the world.
May you always sing Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
May you taste, smell, and touch your dreams of a beautiful tomorrow.
May your sun always shine, and your sky be forever blue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
Free-Will is the key to the prison of the mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You have to leave the city of your comfort
and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
What you'll discover will be wonderful.
What you'll discover is yourself.
- Alan Alda
A man who doesn't trust himself
can never really trust anyone else.
- Cardinal De Retz
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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