Mickey
Mantle was one of the most talented and popular baseball
players in the history of the game. Throughout his life, "The Mick"
abused alcohol. For years, he denied—even to himself—that
he had a problem. Shortly before his death in 1995, Mantle observed, "All
my life, I tried to be honest with people. I wish I had been a little more
honest with myself."
Honesty is Indeed the Best Policy,
Especially When Dealing With Oneself
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
Aldous Huxley
"It isn’t that they can’t solve the problem. It is that they can’t
see the problem."
G. K. Chesterton
"All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from,
and to, and why."
James Thurber
"Learn what you are and be such."
Pindar
"Resolve to be thyself, and know that he who finds himself loses his
misery."
Matthew Arnold
Self
Understanding is a Gift You Give Yourself
"I think somehow, we learn who we really are and live with that
decision."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always
spring up if thou will always look there."
Marcus Aurelius
"I cannot recommend highly
enough that people find out who they really are so they can really experience
their lives."
Sheryl Crow
"For God’s sake, choose a self and stand by it."
William James
In Order to Understand
Your World, You Must First Understand Yourself
"The more you listen to the voice within you, the better you will
hear what is sounding outside."
Dag Hammarskjöld
"No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in
dealing with himself."
James Russell Lowell
"Observe all men, thyself most."
Ben Franklin
"Be honest with yourself, so that you will be honest with others,
also."
Bernard Baruch
