We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations. — Robert Ringer Copy Share Image
You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Growing up means leaving home and becoming a self supporting adult. I think this the hardest task any human being hast to… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Not every article in every magazine or newspaper is meant to be a valentine card addressed to every reader's self-esteem. — Rex Murphy Copy Share Image
Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
I own my life. And only mine. And so I shall appreciate my person. And so I shall make proper use of… — Ruth Beebe Hill Copy Share Image
Changing ideas is a strain not to be lightly incurred, particularly when these ideas are intimately related to one's self-esteem ... men… — Robert E Lane Copy Share Image
We can not understand each other, if every time we venture out we stick the feather of cocksureness in our caps. No,… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
Speaking as a phenomenologist, it seems to me that a considerable portion of mind wandering actually is "mental avoidance behaviour", an attempt… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who come after us; and… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of… — Elizabeth Berkley Copy Share Image
In fact, at this point in history, the most radical, pervasive, and earth-shaking transformation would occur simply if everybody truly evolved to… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
“Self-esteem. That's one of those catch-all terms that means nothing at all, but the mere mention of it leaves all the socially… — Jordan Castillo Price Copy Share Image
There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think. It cannot be replaced by one's power to deceive. The self-confidence of a scientist… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The revelations which Joseph Smith has given to this people were given to him by Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world;… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Toasted Heretic should have been cherished and helped, rather than ignored or sneered at, or put down as "quirky band with an… — Julian Gough Copy Share Image
As with the bud, so with the blossom. A boy is the only thing known from which a man can be made.… — Paul H. Dunn Copy Share Image
Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Love will never be anywhere except where equality and unity are… And there can be no love where love does not find… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image