Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider..

The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's….

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs..

Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspiration….

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is….

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance..

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves..

A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously..

Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves again….

Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor your own perce….

When people are not accepting toward themselves they are often obsessed with acceptance by others..

The greatest barrier to achievement and success is not lack of talent or ability but rather the feeling that achievement and success, above a certain….

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the des….

Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you..

The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons..

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves..

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself..

As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take in being alive..

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem..

It is very difficult to accept in others emotions you cannot accept in yourself..

If you are an adult, you are responsible for your life and well-being. No one owes you the fulfillment of your needs or wants; no one is here on eart….