Pride

Too many people spend money they earned...  to buy things they don't want...  to impress people they don't like.

~ Will Rogers

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I think that worrying too much about what others think is a dangerous thing.  I think that we can tend to conform to the point of being invisible.  And then the world misses out on us.

I think we should be proud of ourselves - in appropriate ways.  I know my parents always wanted me to be proud.  In fact, they would ask me - often at odd times, I thought, "So, are you proud of yourself now?"  Or, "Look at that mess!!  Are you proud of yourself?!"

That's how I got such good self-esteem.