Defined Quote by Albert Ellis

Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

— Albert Ellis

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

— Nathaniel Branden

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in…

— Victoria Moran

Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force.

— Gloria Steinem

Self-esteem is an inner feeling: Sometimes it corresponds with outer reality, and sometimes it doesn’t.

— Stanley Greenspan

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

— Nathaniel Branden

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

— Nathaniel Branden

“Healthy self-esteem is an internal sense of worth that pulls one neither into “better than” grandiosity nor “less than” shame. But the essence of…

— Terrence Real

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

— Nathaniel Branden

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

— Gloria Steinem

I think self-esteem comes from work.

— Anthony Scaramucci

Healthy self esteem is paying attention to how others make us feel, and then choosing those with whom we spend time.

— Catherine Cardinal