The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.

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"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."

- Abraham Maslow

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"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen, again and again, fear must be overcome again and again."

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"If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life."

- Abraham Maslow

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"If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be unhappy for the rest of your life."

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"Almost all creativity involves purposeful play."

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"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."

- Nathaniel Branden

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"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."

- Les Brown

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"You are your best thing."

- Toni Morrison

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"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."

- Nobito

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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