"It shames the average man to be..." - Quote by Mark Twain
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.
More by Mark Twain
More on Self Worth
“The usual devastating put-downs imply that a person is basically bad, rather than that he is a person who sometimes does bad things. Obviously, there is a vast difference between a "bad" person and a person who does something bad.Besides, failure is an event, it is not a person - yesterday ended last night.”
“I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient. I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.”
“If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.”
More on Human Nature
“Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear.”
“A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.”
“We have not enough strength to follow all our reason.”