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Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you read more
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman read more
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.
Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.
The first duty of love is to listen.
The first duty of love is to listen.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect read more
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going.
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls read more
Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.