You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.

Jim Whittaker

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Diana Vreeland

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.

Thomas Jefferson

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

William Shakespeare

There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.

Nelson Mandela

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Marilyn Monroe