Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowIf we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
Sophie SwetchineWe love in others what we lack in ourselves, and would be everything, but what we are.
Richard H. Stoddard