Wisdom from Fr. J. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B.

What feels best for you may not be best for the people around you. For that matter, it may not be good for you either. Someone with genuine self-esteem understands that self-fulfillment is not about self-satisfaction. Thus he is willing to deny his own desires for the sake of the future, for the sake of the people around him, and for the sake of his immortal soul.

—Fr. J. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B. from Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem