“I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise”

— Steve Maraboli

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 46

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