Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. — Albert Ellis
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise. — Condoleezza Rice
Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it. — Hartman Rector, Jr.
I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder. — Jay Leno
He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. — William Hazlitt
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. — Nathaniel Branden
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. — Jane Haddam
One of the greatest weaknesses in most of us is our lack of faith in ourselves. One of our common failings is to depreciate our tremendous worth. — L. Tom Perry
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. — Jean De La Bruyere
It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who's gonna dance in our strip-clubs? — Greg Giraldo
Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate. — Kurt Hahn
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem. — Richard Winters
How can you blame others for disrespecting you when you think of yourself as unworthy of respect? — Elif Safak
Short Low Esteem Quotes
The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves. — Frantz Fanon
Why do you put your self-esteem in the hands of complete strangers? — Helena Bonham Carter
One who cannot respect himself cannot respect another. — American Proverbs
I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one. — Steven Wright
Ego is false confidence, self-respect is true confidence. — Naval Ravikant
A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. — Chogyam Trungpa
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. — William Gibson
Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. — T. D. Jakes
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes.
Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs. Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul. — Waylon Jennings
I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough. — Lil' Kim
A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. — Naomi Wolf
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. — Rupert Grint
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression. — Theodore Kaczynski
When I was a teenager, my self esteem was really low. But when I stood next to Yunho and his crooked teeth, I felt better. — Jaejoong
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more, but each hurt makes my love stronger than before. — Marvin Gaye
Motivational Quotes
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods. — Rick Ross
The strongest factor for success is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you will do it, and believing you deserve it.
No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt — Miyamoto Musashi
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. — Steve Jobs
Low Self Esteem Quotes
I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem. — Kanye West
Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully. — Ariana Grande
No matter how fast I run, I can't get away from me. — Jackson Browne
You know, I'll always be your slave 'til I'm buried, buried in my grave. — Sam Cooke
If you want to make people with low self esteem feel better about themselves, praise has a superficial effect. Instead prod them into accomplishing something tangible, giving them a real experience. That will translate into a much deeper feeling of confidence. — Robert Greene
Everyone is walking around with these self doubts, so there's something reassuring about that. And self-doubt in one or a few areas doesn't mean that you have generally low self-esteem. And you have the power to get yourself out of feeling that way. — Amy Cuddy
If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will. — Warren Zevon
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. — Carl Perkins
You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me. — Aretha Franklin
No Self Esteem Quotes
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. — Chief Dan George
No one is going to value you more than you value yourself. — Naval Ravikant
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore. — Laurie Halse Anderson
No one can love you until you love yourself, and you cannot love anyone else, until you love yourself. — Raymond Charles Barker
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. — Max Ehrmann
Don’t dismiss the synchronicity of what is happening right now finding its way to your life at just this moment. There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent, and Experience. — Neale Donald Walsch
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success- none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here. — Ram Dass
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. — Barbra Streisand
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. — Jean Sibelius
Good Self Esteem Quotes
When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem. — Abraham Maslow
I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be? — Robert Downey, Jr.
Have good trust in yourself,
not in the One that you think you should be,
but in the One that you are. — Taizan Maezumi
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. — Parker J. Palmer
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. — Anthony Trollope
I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect. — Julianne Moore
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all. — Kurt Cobain
The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first. — Steve McQueen
When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too. — Jake Steinfeld
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. — Bill Gates
Self Esteem Issues Quotes
A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you. — Iman Abdulmajid
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues. — Whoopi Goldberg
So many people have asked me how I could possibly be a role model and dress like a tramp and get implants... all I have to say is that self-esteem is how you look at yourself and I feel good enough about myself so wear that kind of clothing... the breast implant issue has nothing to do with that. — Britney Spears
You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self esteem issues. — Craig Sheffer
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. — Elizabeth Berkley
Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues. — Curtis Hanson
If you want to save capitalism there is only one type of argument that you should adopt, the only one that has ever won in any moral issue: the argument from self-esteem. Check your premises, convince yourself of the rightness of your cause, then fight for capitalism with full, moral certainty. — Ayn Rand
Esteem Quotes
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa
A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues. — Abraham Maslow
I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being. — Hafez
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide. — Marva Collins
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. — Sam Walton
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. — Kahlil Gibran
You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged. — Bryan Stevenson
I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture. — Lauryn Hill
Help Self Esteem Quotes
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. — Malcolm Forbes
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden
I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all. — Queen Latifah
When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else. — Wayne Dyer
Words may help you understand something, but experience allows you to know. Never ever trade your own experience for someone else's words about anything that is really important... like God, for instance, or Love, or what is true about another. — Neale Donald Walsch
Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. — Iyanla Vanzant
Transformation is not five minutes from now; it's a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it's these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self esteem. — Jillian Michaels
Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort. — Deborah Day
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. — Vera Nazarian
Improve Self Esteem Quotes
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. — Tony Robbins
No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance. — Robert Holden
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power! — Robert Kiyosaki
The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem and confidence, get them to relax, teach visualization and routine, they will shoot as well, or better, with the pressure on. — John Calipari
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. — Martin Seligman
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. — David D. Burns
The power of self goes beyond words. Self confidence, self improvement, self esteem, self enhancement, self love ... Get yourself right first! — Behdad Sami
Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce. — Gavin Newsom
If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum. — Elaine MacDonald
Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize. — Mike Dooley
When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God. — Charles Spurgeon
Most people are the lion in the cage. Safe, tame, predictable, waiting for something to happen. But for humans, the cage isn’t made of glass and steel bars, it’s made of bad advice and low self-esteem and bullsh*t rules and tortured thinking about what you can’t do or what you’re supposed to do. — Tim Grover
Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism. — John Hope Bryant
I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse. — Steve Albini
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! — Angelina Jolie
Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me. — Janis Ian
And she's feeling like her worth is between her legs. — Ja Rule
Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men. — Tracy McMillan
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. — Elliot Aronson
When I get the strength to leave, you always tell me that you need me. And I'm weak cause I believe you and I'm mad because I love you. So I stop and think that maybe you could learn to appreciate me, and it all remains the same that you ain't never gonna change. — Ashanti
Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem. — Alison Lurie
The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all. — Friedrich Nietzsche
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) — Patrick Stump
I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. — James Taylor
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. — P. M. Forni
Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me. — Lyle Lovett
Can't break free from the things that you do. I wanna walk, but I run back to you, that's why I hate myself for loving you. — Joan Jett
Bad girl, drunk by six, kissing someone else's lips. Smoked to many cigarettes today, I'm not happy when I act this way. — Madonna Ciccone
Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to cut others down.' Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy. — Pope Francis
I wear black on the outside
'Cause black is how I feel on the inside. — Steven Morrissey
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. — Gary Oldman
Sometimes people with low self-esteem will try to punish you for caring about them. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
Socialism is, among other things, the political habitat of low self-esteem, incompetence, self-loathing, and a willingness to steal - or have stolen for you what you are unable or unwilling to work for. Socialism is a philosophy fit only for slugs, leaches, and mosquitoes. — L. Neil Smith
If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem. — Jeph Jacques
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