Self Esteem Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

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

You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth.

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

Look the world straight in the eye.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure.

For workaholics, all the eggs of self-esteem are in the basket of work.

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

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

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.

As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women's advancement.

Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.

I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

And she's feeling like her worth is between her legs.

Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted.

A better you means a better universe.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.

I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling was so demoralizing

Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.

The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance.

It's such a profound alienation for a person not to be at home in their own body.

I've never felt a push to be stick thin. I work out and eat healthy, so mostly it's about being in shape and having energy.

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.