All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

Pride is born as a mountaintop on a valley, but dies as an abyss in which it is too deep and too dark to see the better.

No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't.

But the Egotist is stuck somewhere between his hidden triad of pride, fear, and insecurity; he is forever fighting to prove himself, instigating battles the Humbleman has unwittingly conquered, already sealed some time ago. Yes, the day he finally accepts face-to-face such an irony as humility - the irony that humility is indeed the mother of giants, that great men, having life so large, as needed, can afford to appear small - the world will then know peace.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.