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 Copy Share Image
I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
I think, internally, we Catholics have known this for a long time. I think we're just thrilled and grateful that the rest… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you… — Karen E. Quinones Miller Copy Share Image
I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that… — Mika Copy Share Image
Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing.… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
“Learn from the Sun; on account of its warmth it doesn’t need to beg anyone to esteem it” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
We love much better those who endeavor to imitate us, than those who strive to equal us. For imitation is a sign… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No matter what response you get from anyone you meet, You are a worthwhile person. — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Transgression of any kind is always accompanied by a loss of self-esteem. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
It is time for you to make a commitment to create joy, creativity and love for yourself, only then will you benefit… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
