Self Esteem Quotes

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

The clearer the rules and the limits enforced by parents, the higher the child's self-esteem. The more freedom the child had, the lower his self-esteem.

You can never enslave somebody who knows who he is.

In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core is.

The voice inside your head is not the voice of god. It just sounds like it thinks it is.

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.

Greatness exists like an ocean within you. Why do you want to act like a fish out of water, wriggling on the sand under the scorching sun? Look! The water is just one millimeter away! Jump in!

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

How few young men realize that their success in life depends more upon what they are than upon what they know. It is self-esteem that has brought the race this far.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

Confidence is preparation in action.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.

Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

If I am not I, who will be?

Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.

When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else.

It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.

Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in.

Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave.

The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

I want to look into a mirror that will love my own reflection harder than I hate myself.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

The abused children are alone with their suffering, not only within the family, but also within themselves. They cannot crate a place in their own soul where they could cry their beart out.