Truly there is no more demoralizing thing than the habit of berating one’s self.  How very often we find people who do this.  They seem to derive the very keenest delight in telling how trivial is their worth in comparison to others. This habit of self-depreciation is demoralizing to one’s character, because it has a very tendency to destroy self-confidence, and once one’s self-c0nfidence [...]

Image by jesuscm via Flickr Lincoln said:  “I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every friend on earth, I shall have at least one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.” What others think of you is not as important as what you think of yourself, for others might be [...]