Self 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-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

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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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“Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.”

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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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Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

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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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“Instead of seeking self-esteem through consciousness, responsibility, and integrity, we may seek it through popularity, material acquisitions, or sexual exploits.”

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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect,…

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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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“The opposite of self-assertiveness is self-abnegation--abandoning or submerging your personal values, judgment, and interests. Some people tell themselves this is a virtue.…

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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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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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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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“One of the great self-deceptions--and one of the great foolishnesses--is to tell yourself, Only I will know. Only you will know that…

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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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In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is…

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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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“Most people do not erode their self-esteem over big issues but over small ones, little acts of betrayal and hypocrisy forgotten (repressed)…

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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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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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“If I respect myself and require that others deal with me respectfully, I send out signals and behave in ways that increase…

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Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

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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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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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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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“It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for…

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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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