Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
“A woman of merit and worth need not knock off another's crown to feel highness.” — Sai Marie Johnson Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Do not compare yourself to others. You have a unique destiny and mission that only you can accomplish. — Mariane Pearl Copy Share Image
High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Our connection with our intuitive self is ever present and always a part of ourselves. — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
“I've read articles by child psychologists who have identified "lack of self-esteem" as the evil at the root of so much bad,… — Muffy Mead-Ferro Copy Share Image
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls… — Ariana Grande Copy Share Image
Very rarely will I say nice things about myself because that'll only lead to self-esteem, but the podcast is something I'm really… — Jimmy Pardo Copy Share Image
Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“Throughout the world there is an awakening to the fact that, just as a human being cannot hope to realize his or… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
We are become Middle Men, of the Twilight, but with memory of other things. For as the Rohirrim do, we now love… — Faramir Copy Share Image
What I’d like to teach my daughter about self-image and self-esteem is that you’re beautiful on the inside and the outside, and… — Dara Torres Copy Share Image
At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
People who believe that they are going to be excommunicated and shamed, or whatever other dark things may happen to them, are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Putting someone down with name calling reveals your own low self-esteem.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
