The Reputation You Have With Yourself -

Out Of Fear, Out Of The Desire For Approval, Out Of The Misguided Notions Of Duty, People Surrender Themselves-their Convictions And Their Aspirations-every Day. There Is Nothing Noble About It. It Takes Far More Courage To Fight For Your Values Than To Relinquish Them.

To Trust One's Mind And To Know That One Is Worthy Of Happiness Is The Essence Of Self-esteem.

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 Approval. Within You Is A Void That Should Have Been Filled By Self-esteem. When You Attempt To Fill It With The Approval Of Others Instead, The Void Grows Deeper And The Hunger For Acceptance And Approval Grows Stronger. The Only Solution Is To Summon The Courage To Honor Your Own Judgment, Frightening Though That May Be In The Beginning.

We Do Not Hear The Term Compassionate Applied To Business Executives Or Entrepreneurs, Certainly Not When They Are Engaged In Their Normal Work. Yet In Terms Of Results In The Measurable Form Of Jobs Created, Lives Enriched, Communities Built, Living Standards Raised, And Poverty Healed, A Handful Of Capitalists Has Done Infinitely More For Mankind Than All The Self-serving Politicians, Academics, Social Workers, And Religionists Who March Under The Banner Of Compassion.

High Self Esteem People Can Surely Be Knocked Down By An Excess Of Troubles, But They Are Quickerto Pick Themselves Up Again.