Self Esteem Quotes

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.

What we do in dreams we also do when we are awake: we invent and fabricate the person with whom we associate - and immediately forget we have done so.

Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man.

As we open our hearts to others, we begin to discover the truth of our own inner beauty, inner strength and inner light.

Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities.

We tend to feel most comfortable, "most at home", with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.

Tired of being unhappy? Fix it.

Unless you are happy with yourself, you will not be happy.

For real self esteem is not derived from the great things you've done, the things you won. The mark you've made - but an appreciation of yourself for what you are.

Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines.

For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity.

Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre

Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.

You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Have confidence in yourself - don't let yourself be used.

Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

It's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing.

It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself.

Identity is invariably false to facts.

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.

You know men. We have delicate egos.

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

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

Action will destroy your procrastination.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my hand, my friend, and we will peer into this fear's abyss. And jump! And know.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk.

Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

Always remember, actions speak louder than words. No one's perfect, but we can all strive to be better people.

I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose.

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do.