The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure - a willingness to let… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Some people have a view of self and of the universe that obliges them to struggle for happiness, to yearn for happiness-"some… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem. — 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
We do not hear the term compassionate applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure. — 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
If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The higher our self-esteem, the stronger the drive to express ourselves, reflecting the sense of richness within. The lower our self-esteem, the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to… — 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
Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by… — 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
The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It is impressive to see a person who has been battered by life in many ways, who is torn by a variety… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That… — 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 Image
A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
