A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

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

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

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

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

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning.

When I hang upside down and write the wrong way up, will my letters be upside down or the right way up?

Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.

I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to his or her fellow human beings.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

The devastation wreaked by landmines is not only horrendous but immoral

I follow the rules until I go against them all.

A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about.

In my day everything wasn't so PC.

What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.