Fully to surrender to love can be terrifying. But it is the price life asks in exchange for the possibility of ecstasy.

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.

Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said "Of the world" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -

I have little compassion for people in trailer parks who refuse to move after getting tornado warnings. How hard is it for them to relocate? Their houses have wheels.

If you're going to make a law, make a law that actually works. It's extraordinarily difficult.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back.

A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the law.

Have you heard his new song? 'Cause he thinks he's a black man now.

Today.....I begin a new life".

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?