Self Esteem Quotes

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You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you — Margaret Atwood
There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham… — Randy Pausch
The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? — Brigham Young
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. — Bill Gates
Never dull your shine for somebody else. — Tyra Banks
for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world. — Sarah Dessen
The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of… — Spencer W. Kimball
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not… — Sarah Dessen
When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who… — Jodi Picoult
People simply feel better about themselves when theyâ€™re good at something. — Stephen Covey
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Respect yourself and others will respect you. — Confucius
With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem. — Azar Nafisi
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. — Laurie Halse Anderson
Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself. — Corita Kent
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope
You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be. — Lou Holtz
Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. — Oprah Winfrey
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being… — John Ortberg

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