We often choose a friend as we do a mistress -- for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.
— William Hazlitt
If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.
— Joel Osteen
Today, decide not to speak negatively about yourself. When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's very own creation.