It is not easy to be a person of high standards; you have to pay for it. It does, however, make you stand out from the crowd, which alone makes it worth more than its price.

The Ancient Sage

Dignity and respect has to do with ... your personal power to make a difference by being true to the best within you and letting that truth shine through your words and actions.

Gail Pursell Elliott

Nobody reaches enlightenment or internal happiness or does serious internal work in group settings. It is a very lonely kind of task.

Naval Ravikant

It's better to create something that others criticize than to create nothing and criticize others.

Ricky Gervais

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Lao Tzu

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Carl Jung