“We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves.” NeedsMaySelfMatterPoorForeverSelf LoveHonorPleaseStriveSeekingSubstitutesApprovalImpressAdoreFamily And FriendsVisceralLove And Honor Author:Susan L. Taylor
“The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object loved; so that he passes a wrong judgment on what is just, good and beautiful, thinking that he ought always to honor what belongs to himself in preference to truth. For he who intends to be a great man ought to love neither himself nor his own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by himself, or by another.” ThinkingMenSelfDoneHappensBeautifulCausesObjectsOughtSelf LoveLoversHonorJudgmentCommittedAriseGreat MenPreferenceBlindedBlunders Author:Plato
“What is revenge but courage to call in our honor's debts, and wisdom to convert others' self-love into our own protection?” SelfSelf LoveHonorDebtProtectionRevenge Author:Edward Young
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.” LifeInspirationalLightTruthWinningHonestySelf LoveHonorIntegritySucceedAddictionBoundsLawyerObligationBeing TrueLive LifePresidentialBeing YourselfLove YourselfLiving My LifeBe True To YourselfLoving YourselfLife WisdomHonesty IntegrityHonesty And IntegrityHonest And IntegrityPlay To WinSelf LovingI Will WinSpiritual IntegrityMorals And IntegritySelf Being Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
“The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed... The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will never let the mind have rest.” MindHeartSelfLove IsEffortOpinionEnemyHumilitySelf LoveHonorProtectLaborHeavyChristian InspirationalFierceShieldsFriends And EnemiesTouchy Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer