Esteem Quotes

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the strongest vaccine.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too.

The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

Who you are is of greater importance than what you do.

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.

When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy.

Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.

What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

There is no doubt a new dress is a help under all circumstances.

Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences.

It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who's gonna dance in our strip-clubs?

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

A woman should always be more concerned with standing up for what is right than making sure everyone 'likes' her.

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

Wedded love is founded on esteem.

Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more, but each hurt makes my love stronger than before.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful.

Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.

I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment worse than conspiring in our own diminishment.

Until you value yourself, you can't expect anyone else to do so.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external.