The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well read more

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.

If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the read more

If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot read more

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may read more

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and read more

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.