Self-esteem Quotes

Yet there’s no one to beat you | No one t’ defeat you | ’Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psycho...

The opposite of "never enough" isn't abundance or "more than you could ever imagine." The opposite o...

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than...

I've always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right.

I am always disappointed with someone who loves me - how perfect can he be if he can't see through m...

You know men. We have delicate egos.""I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.""No, Jace is sort ...

I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank ...

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

Well it’s good to have a car like that, once in a while somebody’ll say, ‘why don’t you come over fo...

I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be...

I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivi...

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But th...

The desire to be cool is—ultimately—the desire to be rescued.

When you have lived your life under such dominant image-leadership, its pressures put a certain invi...

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter.

In 1950, the [Gallup organization] asked high school kids, are you a very important person? Then 12 ...

Each one of us is the architect of his own fate; and he is unfortunate indeed who will try to build ...

One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery.

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

A good general rule is that self-esteem for its own sake turns out to be much worse than merely rein...

In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his t...

I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to t...

Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remark...

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility aris...

Watching other people making friends, everywhere, as a dog makes friends. I mark the manner of these...

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because...

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether pe...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other...

The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.

Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ...

I have no nostalgia for the patriarchy, please believe me. But what I have come to realize is that, ...

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

This is what I find myself writing to myself on the page:I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you n...

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

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than t...

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not bea...

Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others...

As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.

Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the bas...

Never having seen women play chess, they assumed this game wasn't for them and without even a female...

I think we each come out of the womb with some unique way of looking at the world and if we don't ex...

Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition ...

I looked at him nonplussed. I realized that I have spent so many years being on a diet that the idea...

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

I always imagined that you might write something about me. I wanted to leave an imprint on your life...

Be self-indulgent, and those who are also self-indulgent will like you. Tear your neighbor to pieces...

Maybe just being me was enough to be loved. I wasn't giving myself any credit.Now I knew that I h

Remember who you are. This creature wants to take it from you. Do not let him.

That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for w...

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you ar...

My first strike was marrying a guy without a college degree. My second and third were getting pregna...

Once Ed said to me, "For a very long time I didn't like myself." It was not said in self-pity but si...

Just be yourself -- it's the only way it can work.

He was lovable the way a child is lovable, and he was capable of returning love with a childlike pur...

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

But now that she had achieved knighthood, and thought and acted as she wanted and decided, for one h...

I’m fifteen and I feel like girl my age are under a lot of pressure that boys are not under. I know ...

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a po...

Love me or hate me, i swear it won't make or break me.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Forgive me, Bertrand, for having on that day loved in you a beauty in which your self-esteem could t...

III. I have often wondered how it should come to pass, that every man loving himself best, should mo...

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond meas...

You have tremendous gifts to give; God sent them with you when you came to this earth. And while you...

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you...

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.

You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Not only have people stopped trying to be attractive when they are out among other people, but they ...

It's not really my problem if they think I'm weird.

I will never attend an anti-war rally; if you have a peace rally, invite me.

If you can not do great things, Do small things in a great way.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win a prize.

While self-esteem touches virtually every aspect of our existence, there are two aspects to which it...

Most people do not erode their self-esteem over big issues but over small ones, little acts of betra...

The first act of honoring the self is the assertion of consciousness: the choice to think, to be awa...

It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live ...

A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

One of the great self-deceptions--and one of the great foolishnesses--is to tell yourself, Only I wi...

We are parts of one universe, true enough. We stand within an almost infinite network of relationshi...

The idea of original sin--of guilt with no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no altern...

Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by t...

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abju...

The challenge for people today--and it is not and easy one--is to maintain high personal standards e...

It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, of...

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of misguided notions of duty, people surrender them...

It sounded, I told him, as if he had never learned to balance projecting goals into the future with ...

Genuine self esteem – please understand this – genuine self esteem is not competitive or comparative...