Francois de La Rochefoucauld: If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could do us no harm.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could do us no harm.
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- Self-discipline in your spiritual life leads to self-discovery, confidence, and mastery.
- Your rhythm of life is your way of life. Create a better rhythm and you create a better life.
- Humility is not silence; it is not insecurity (not speaking up or out because you are concerned about how you might look or how people may feel about you). Humility is giving up your right to be right, for what is best overall.
- The greatest secret of personal power (self-confidence) is to lead yourself to do what needs to be done...how it needs to be done...when it needs to be done...where it needs to be done.
- The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.
- The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.