Esteem Quotes

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.

We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

Facts that challenge basic assumptions-and thereby threaten people's livelihood and self-esteem-are simply not absorbed. The mind does not digest them.

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.

Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.

I love myself for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now.

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

No matter what response you get from anyone you meet, You are a worthwhile person.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks.

At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.

Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.

People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. Of all the people you will know in the lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose.

There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.

I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.

You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.

You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.

Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.

We may have failed to teach our children right from wrong, but we've done a great job of teaching self-esteem!

There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups.

Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.

Do not compare yourself to others. You have a unique destiny and mission that only you can accomplish.

I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.

You can knock me down, step on my face, slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do, but uh-oh, honey, lay off of my shoes.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves?

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.