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    No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.

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Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

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He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

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People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

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The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

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Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

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Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation read more

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

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Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.

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