Self Esteem Quotes

1314 quotes by 780 authors

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem. — Nathaniel Branden
To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly… — Jim Rohn
If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to… — Nathaniel Branden
Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem. — Oprah Winfrey
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. — Martin Seligman
Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem. — James Patterson
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement,… — John P. Kotter
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. — Jane Haddam
Own the room. Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself… — Marian Seldes
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. — William Gibson
Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in. — Jane Roberts
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum. — Baal Shem Tov
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. — Unknown Author
There is so much love in your heart that you could heal the planet. — Louise Hay
Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. — Thaddeus Golas
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. — Herbie Hancock
So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from… — Neale Donald Walsch
From the very beginning you are being told to compare yourself with others. This is the greatest disease; it is like a cancer that goes… — Rajneesh
The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. — E E Cummings
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. — Laozi

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