Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
Feeling essentially superior to other people is as sure a sign of poor self-esteem as feeling essentially inferior. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
This, perhaps, goes to show that conditional self-esteem, as I have said for many years, is an insidious, real sickness, so much… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility, he learn s to fight. If a… — Dorothy Nolte Copy Share Image
Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Always concentrate on the most valuable use of your time. This is what separates the winners from the losers. Self-esteem is the… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is… — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I am sure the man who powders most, perfumes most, embroiders most, and talks most nonsense, is most admired. Though to be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy. — Harold H. Bloomfield Copy Share Image
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as (play). But since the Self… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
One does not hate so long as one continues to rate low, but only when one has come to rate equal or… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We can develop a social vaccine (Self-esteem). We can outgrow our past failures - our lives of crime and violence, alcohol and… — John Vasconcellos Copy Share Image
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I… — Rupert Grint Copy Share Image
Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal. — Steve-O Copy Share Image
Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
