When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death — ourselves.

Eda LeShan

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Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

When you're dishonest with yourself, you're disconnected from reality. You're going to make poor decisions. You're going to drop out of the moment and you're going to be less happy and you're going to be wrong.

You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself.

It is not as much about who you used to, as it is about who you choose to be.

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