I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a frightening place. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
You are not likely to bring out the best in people or nurture their creativity if every time you hear about their… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
A well-developed sense of self is a necessary if not sufficient condition of your well-being. Its presence does not guarantee fulfillment, but… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If we attach more importance to what other people believe than to what we know to be true - if we value… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you bring five percent more awareness to your work tomorrow, or to your most important relationship, what might you do differently?… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
For children mastery entails struggle. This means they must be permitted to struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to "help"-out of impatience… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you are an adult, you are responsible for your life and well-being. No one owes you the fulfillment of your needs… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs-… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and wander… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I believe that earning your living doing something you enjoy is one of the very best ways to nourish yourself. But even… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you do not feel deserving of happiness, consciously or subconsciously, or if you have accepted the idea that happiness is somehow… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
What a great teacher, a great parent, a great psychotherapist and a great coach have in common is a deep belief in the potential… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
If we are happy within ourselves, we don't accept or demand that our partner should fulfill every need. We need to be comfortable with… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
In the nature of our existence, we must act to achieve values. And in order to act appropriately, we need to value the beneficiary… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
“Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves--their convictions and their aspirations--every day. There… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness.… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
When we bury our feelings, we also bury ourselves. It means we exist in a state of alienation. We rarely know it, but we… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share
