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Self Esteem Quotes by Nathaniel Branden
- There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
- Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
- Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.
- The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.
- One of the most significant characteristics of healthy self esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with…
- 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 life.
- To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the…
- Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.
- In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity,…
- It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.
- Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor your own perceptions…
- Stressing the practice of living purposefully as essential to fully realized self-esteem is not equivalent to measuring an individual's worth by his or her external…
- It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the…
- The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live.
- Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.
- I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.
- Respect starts with ourselves.
- Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with themselves.
- Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.
- Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and…
- To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by love rather than…
- The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become…
- If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater.
- 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, our…
- Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours. — Richard Bach
- Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. — Lucille Ball
- I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job… — Tyra Banks
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister
- Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. — Drew Barrymore
- I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself. — Drew Barrymore
- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. — Bernard Baruch
- Never follow the crowd. — Bernard Baruch
- It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from… — Melody Beattie