Self Esteem Quotes

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, it’s painful, and it certainly doesn’t feel like pride. But I believe that this is the dark, quieter side of pride — thwarted pride.

One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with himself or with others.

How far can you go in life if you don't love yourself?

We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Never underestimate yourself

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert.

Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

When you're truly happy, you are being yourself.

With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked. In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted. Cause I love to be loved.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.

In the teen years, we often confuse self-image with self-esteem. Teenagers are very influenced by the image others have of them. All sorts of complexes come from this.

I've never been more normal than I am now.

I'll just wait right here for you cause I know your new love won't last. I wound easy, but I heal fast.

The integrity and self-esteem gained from winning the battle against extremity are the richest treasures in my life

The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

Forget yourself! Think courage.

That's like the fourth time I've been called a women in this past hour. It's really starting to boost my self-esteem.

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.

Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren't. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.

Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that they can get almost everything they focus on!

Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

We should teach, particularly ourselves, that nobody is a nobody. We are someone, and with God's help we can accomplish all things.

It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.

If there be a faith that can move mountains, it is faith in one's own power.

No one can keep you down except yourself.

Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

God heard us. He sent help. He sent you.

It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.

The essence of leadership is the capacity to build and develop the self-esteem of the workers.

Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.

Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with themselves.

There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.

If we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.

The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.

Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Dare to love yourself

The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.

When we are confident, all we need is a little support.