1. People cannot live like animals and should pursue knowledge and virtue. - Dante 2. Those who respect themselves will always be respected. - Shakespeare 3. Those who do not respect themselves will be humiliated. - Zuo Qiuming 4. Self-abasement is a poisonous snake that forever corrodes and gnaws at the soul. It sucks away the fresh blood of the heart and injects the poison of world-weariness and despair into it. - Carnegie 5. Anger is punishing yourself for what others have done wrong. - Kant 6. We should have perseverance, especially self-confidence! We must believe that our gifts are meant for something, and that something must be done no matter how high the cost. - Marie Curie 7. My efforts in studying have not yielded any other benefits, except that I am increasingly aware of my ignorance. -Descartes 8. A humble person uses a diploma to spur himself on, and a humble person uses a diploma to show off himself. - Konosuke Matsushita 9. Vanity is like a piece of ice coal that will bury a person's life. —Balzac