Self Esteem Quotes

My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.

I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

Aging in women is 'unbeautiful' since women grow more powerful with time, and since the links between generations of women must always be broken.

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

You've got to maintain your level of self-esteem through everything. You are who you are, and nobody will ever be able to take that from you if you don't let them

I was the goldfish that leapt out of the bowl.

Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn!

Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family, in a group, in society, in the nation.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

When you have self-respect, you have enough.

Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.

Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits

The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.

Happiness is not in things; happiness is in you.

Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill.

The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself.

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

I'll be a fool or a wiseman, my darling, you hold the key. Anyway you want me, that's how I will be.

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

The Universe is responding to who you FEEL you are.

I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.

Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Don't be so defensive and afraid to be proven wrong that you miss the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!

It's hard loving those who don't much like themselves: "If you're so great, why would you think I'm so great.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that.

I'm just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.

Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected.