“If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”

“If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter - - - for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.... Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”

“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”

“Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.”

“Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.”

“In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.You become mature when you become the authority of your own life.Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.Awe is what moves us forward.”