Speak the truth or at least don’t lie.

The real power comes from being real.

Stop quitting when it gets hard.

Don’t let loving someone be the reason you allow them to hurt you.

Renounce all external authority.

Love yourself for what you are, instead of hating yourself for what you are not.

Self-esteem is earned.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

You don’t need perfection, only progress.

Having self-esteem is easy, obtaining self-respect is the real challenge.

When you tolerate disrespectful people you disrespect yourself.

You’ll stop caring what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.

If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Nobody can please everybody.

The goal is not to show how great you are to others, but how vulnerable you are to yourself.

Being well and wellbeing is my way of life.

To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do.

Self-respect and reality is tough to rival when it comes to balancing it honestly.

Be your authentic self, not the person you think other people expect you to be.

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.