Defensiveness Quote by Saaif Alam

“We strive to decide our own fate. We act with self-reliance, trusting in our own abilities. We accept responsibility for our conduct and for…

— Jeffrey K. Liker

“We spend our lives striving to be persons of influence and consequence, when all that is required is to consistently do good to others.”

— Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing others.”

— Carolynn Hillman CSW

“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,…

— John R. Bradley

“A solid sense of self develops from confronting yourself, challenging yourself to do what’s right, and earning your own self-respect.”

— David Schnarch

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”

— St. Paul

“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is…

— Steven Pressfield

“It is in the pursuits for the good of humanity and through purposeful deeds and endeavors that you own your power and soar to…

— Germany Kent

Constantly measuring ourselves against others sours and shortens our lives, robbing us of the very things we think it will bring: prosperity, love, inner…

— Martha Beck

“It is much more important to be oneself than anything else. Do not dream of influencing other people...Think of things in themselves.”

— Virginia Woolf

“a wise person finds more joy in serving others than in pursuing possessions, power, performance, or prestige.”

— Kenneth D. Boa