Esteem Quotes by Nathaniel Branden

Respect starts with ourselves.

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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

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Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.

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To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

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We tend to feel most comfortable, "most at home", with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.

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I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.

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Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

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The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

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Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.

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The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

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One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at…

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If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the…

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High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the…

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To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure.

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Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between…

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As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take…

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Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with…

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If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs-…

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The practice of assertiveness: being authentic in our dealings with others; treating our values and persons with decent respect in social contexts;…

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Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by…

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Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor…

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It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem."…

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The higher our self-esteem, the stronger the drive to express ourselves, reflecting the sense of richness within. The lower our self-esteem, the…

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Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem…

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To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by…

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The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more…

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Stressing the practice of living purposefully as essential to fully realized self-esteem is not equivalent to measuring an individual's worth by his…

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“Genuine self esteem – please understand this – genuine self esteem is not competitive or comparative. Genuine self esteem isn’t expressed by…

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You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your…

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The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.

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If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is…

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It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as…

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To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it…

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“Throughout the world there is an awakening to the fact that, just as a human being cannot hope to realize his or…

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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in…

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If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to…

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It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the…

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