Quote by Gail Sheehy
Would that there were an award for people who come to understand t

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough. – Gail Sheehy

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We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least. – Gail Sheehy

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Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child. – Gail Sheehy

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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. – William J.H. Boetcker

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Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves. – Peter McArthur

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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline… – Abraham J. Heschel

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Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. – Theodore Parker

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