"Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness."
--Jean Vanier

"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends."
--Czech proverb

"If it is to be, it's up to me."
--Anon

Try to be honest about yourself:

'Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep."
--Dr. Samuel Johnson

"'I have done that,' says my memory. 'I cannot have done that' - says my pride, and remains adamant. At last - memory yields."
--Friedrich Nietzsche

"Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is."
--F. H. Bradley

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