He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Timber: Or Discoveries Made Upon Men and MatterNo matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.
The Tao of PoohIf you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.
The Well of AscensionA man's every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.
War and Peace