“Help," he said "is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly.”

“Between a man and a woman, collaboration and admiration are more natural than competition. The woman accepts the secondary role willingly; she gives the man what he needs in the way of courage and moral support.”

André Maurois (1885–1967) French writer

“However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.”

Aidan Chambers (1934) British children's writer

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“Neither refuse to give help when it is needed," Medwyn continued, "nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.”

Lloyd Alexander book The Book of Three

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“Last night it had been my father who had finally said it: "She’s never coming home." A clear and easy piece of truth that everyone who had ever known me had accepted. But he needed to say it, and she needed to hear him say it.”

Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside — from others. We do not accept it willingly.”

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist

“Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.”

R.L. Stine book The Haunted Mask II