"Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing."

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Martin Seligman

#Depression Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Hopeful Quotes

“Over the door of the library in Thebes is the inscription "Medicine for the soul.”
“When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly.”
“Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.”
“Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.”
“Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete without the other. Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless.”

Source : "The Dream of Scipio". Book by Iain Pears, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.
“I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.”
“True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.”

Source : Sir Edward Dyer, “The Lowest Trees Have Tops”
“The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of Scottish workers and their families, and the Bible.”

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