Ideas Quote by Carol S. Dweck

Self-esteem is reliance on ones power to think.

— Ayn Rand

Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead,…

— Albert Ellis

Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.

— Irving Layton

“Self-esteem can be defined as the state that exists when you are not arbitrarily haranguing and abusing yourself but choose to fight back against…

— David D. Burns

“Great thinkers increase their self-esteem and mental capacity”

— Akubuiro Chidera

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves.…

— Rosalind Wiseman

“There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”

— Harriet Lerner

“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 praise reflects low in self esteem & to cover up weakness.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Self esteem comes from doing something and accomplishing something.

— Shari Lewis

Some people's unwillingness to think for themselves represents accurate self-evaluation.

— Arthur D. Hlavaty

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

— Gloria Steinem