As You Grow In Self-esteem, Your Face,

High Self Esteem People Can Surely Be Knocked Down By An Excess Of Troubles, But They Are Quickerto Pick Themselves Up Again.

To Exist Without Purpose Is To Be At The Mercy Of The Chance Encounter, The Chance Invitation, The Chance Phone Call, The Chance Event- Always Being Controlled By Forces External To Oneself.

If You Feel Inadequate To Face Challenges, Unworthy Of Love Or Respect, Untitled To Happiness, And Fear Assertive Thought, Wants, Or Needs- If You Lack Basic Self Trust, Self-respect, And Self-confidence- Your Self-esteem Deficiency Will Limit You, No Matter What Other Assets You Possess.

... There Is An Irrational, Cultish Tendency In Many Intellectual Movements, And Objectivism, Alas, Is No Exception. Ayn Rand's Personal Obsession With Loyalty Did Little To Discourage This Trend.... Rand Had Often Protested, 'protect Me From My Followers!'

Stressing The Practice Of Living Purposefully As Essential To Fully Realized Self-esteem Is Not Equivalent To Measuring An Individual's Worth By His Or Her External Achievements. We Admire Achievements-in Ourselves And Others-and It Is Natural And Appropriate For Us To Do So. But That Is Not The Same Thing As Saying That Our Achievements Are The Measure Or Grounds Of Our Self-esteem. The Root Of Our Self-esteem Is Not Our Achievements But Those Internally Generated Practices That, Among Other Things, Make It Possible For Us To Achieve.