A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.
Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.
I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.
Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves.
