“ Fair play with others is primarily not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. Eric Hoffer
“ I am responsible for my own well-being my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly influence the quality of my days. Kathleen Tierney Andrus
“ The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
“ He who has no opinion of his own but depends upon the opinion and taste of others is a slave. Friedrich Klopstock
“ Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that-is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the conseque… W. H. Auden
“ What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility place it in our hands and carry it with dignity and strength. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua
“ I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me if I fail to make my own choices the reason for my life will be missing. I will be unable to recognize t… Liv Ullmann
“ Children seldom have a proper sense of their own tragedy discounting and keeping hidden the true horrors of their short lives humbly imagining real calamity to be some prestigious drama of the grown… Shirley Hazzard
“ Our family never had any hard luck because nothing seemed hard luck to it nor was it ever disgraced for there was nothing which it would acknowledge as disgrace. Boxcar Bertha
“ To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself. Winifred Rhoades
“ Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings they gradually begin to seem mild harmless rather engaging little things not at all like the staring defects in other people's charac… Margaret Halsey
“ I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards becoming a champion. Billie Jean King
“ One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape then you can do anything or practically anything. Sir John Gielgud
“ For inside all the weakness of old age the spirit God knows is as mercurial as it ever was. May Sarton
“ It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. Judith Martin
“ The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives. Bernie S. Siegel
“ When you affirm your own Tightness in the universe then you co-operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You being yourself help others be themselves. Jane Roberts
“ It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should lift the wor… Charlotte P. Gilman