“Your son learns the “hero paradox”: to value himself by not valuing himself.”

“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

“The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.”

Carson McCullers (1917–1967) American writer

“Trump started a faux university named for himself that taught nothing of value and collapsed in scandal.”

David Cay Johnston (1948) Investigative journalist and author

“But no man's a hero to himself.”

Ray Bradbury book Something Wicked This Way Comes

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

“If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.”

T. E. Hulme (1883–1917) English Imagist poet and critic

“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”

Barbara Bush (1925–2018) former First Lady of the United States

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations