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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -- there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
把我们从别人的期望中解放出来，让我们回归自我——这就是自尊的伟大而独特的力量。
— Joan Didion 琼·狄迪恩
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更多好句 ↗What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
别人变成什么样子、说什么话、做什么事对你有什么影响?你不需要为别人负责，只需要为自己负责。
Thomas a Kempis
金碧士
If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.
如果我们能学会喜欢自己，哪怕是一点点，也许我们的残忍和愤怒就会消失。
John Steinbeck
约翰·斯坦贝克
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
自尊是自律的结果;自尊随着对自己说不的能力而增长。
Abraham Joshua Heschel
亚伯拉罕·约书亚·海舍尔
Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?
我们从哪里得到这样一个疯狂的想法:为了让孩子们做得更好，首先我们必须让他们感觉更糟?回想一下你最近一次感到羞辱或受到不公平待遇的情形。你想合作还是做得更好?
Jane Nelson
珍·尼尔森
Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.
阅读。一直阅读。读书要有原则，要有自尊。阅读是生活的营养主食。
David McCullough
戴维·麦卡洛
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
一个人所要求的并不是财富，而是足以维护他的尊严、不受束缚地工作、慷慨、坦率和独立。
W. Somerset Maugham
威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆