“When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.”
“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”
“My cynicism continuously undermines her faith in her own ability to master her moods.”
“It's that a bit of irreverence is necessary to have any self-esteem at all. Not irreverence for people, but rather, for what other people think.”
“There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.”
“The goal of any self-respecting human being tolerant of others is to favor anything that increases a person's ability to control her own fate, and at the very least maintain sovereignty over her own body.”