There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this…

Books can be terrible snobs.

— Simon R. Green

I wish that more people, especially young people, were taught about self-love at a younger age.

— Jamila Woods

We tell girls to be themselves, but then they have role models - sometimes too many role models - in popular culture who incarnate…

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

My father has been a motivation in my life, he always taught me to be a self-made man because he also started with nothing.

— Jubin Nautiyal

The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.

— Frederick Lenz

My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody believes in…

— Angad Bedi

If it had taught them nothing else, twenty years of living past high school had taught them self-preservation. ... No one was going to…

— Sharyn McCrumb

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

— Anna Torv

My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.

— Neil Oliver

“Be grateful for the life of those who mass up challenges on the paths to your fulfillment. At least they taught you self-defense!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Punk gave us an engine and it taught us to be self-fulfilling.

— Andi Oliver

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not…

— Nathaniel Branden

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

— Herbie Hancock

So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I…

— Mike Birbiglia

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

— Martha Gellhorn