“Self-respect is not the same as self-confidence or self-esteem. Self-respect is not based on IQ or any of the mental or physical gifts that help get you into a competitive college. It is not comparative. It is not earned by being better than other people at something. It is earned by being better th…”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”— Kazuo Ishiguro, amazon.com
“The point of anything is not what you get from having done it, it's who you become from having gone through it.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Imagine speaking with your oldest, wisest, most optimal future self. What you're doing is tapping deep into your subconscious. Let your choices be guided by the person you hope to become.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Anxiety stems from shame. It is the idea that who you are or what you are doing is 'not right' - therefore eliciting a rush of energy designed to help you 'fix' or change it. You're suffering because there's nothing you can fix to make that urgent, panicked feeling go away. It's a mismanaged percept…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Nothing is 'scary' to us unless some part of us also wants to understand it, knows we are a part of it, and feels as though it will become part of our experience.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.”— Carlos Castaneda, thinkexist.com