Self Esteem Quotes

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

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything.

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

We can never do the right thing as long as we are out to please someone else.

We are the hero of our own story.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

Love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others.

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.

A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.

When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty.

Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.

When you undervalue who you are, the world will undervalue what you do and vice versa.

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been, twice as good.

The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the heads of rising women, for them to emulate.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are.

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.

Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing.

You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand. You don't have to stay for ever, I will understand.

Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.

You have to know that your real home is within.

Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.

People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.

Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha)

The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.

People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.

If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else.

We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons will respond.

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.