Self Esteem Quotes

1314 Self Esteem quotes by 780 unique authors

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. — Johnny Depp
Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem… — Stephen Chbosky
To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he is the only… — Ayn Rand
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. — Simone de Beauvoir
Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful. — Germaine Greer
As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women's advancement. — Naomi Wolf
The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance. — Naomi Wolf
Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been,… — Naomi Wolf
Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so. — Naomi Wolf
Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine. — Sarah Dessen
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women. — Naomi Wolf
The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty. — Naomi Wolf
The surgeons' market is imaginary, since there is nothing wrong with women's faces or bodies that social change won't cure; so the surgeons depend for… — Naomi Wolf
Today a woman must ignore her reflection in the eyes of her lover, since he might admire her, and seek it in the gaze of… — Naomi Wolf
Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women.… — Naomi Wolf
Healthy" and "diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as sick… — Naomi Wolf
What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men? — Naomi Wolf
Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it. — Naomi Wolf
The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose… — Portia de Rossi
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you. — Oprah Winfrey
If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish… — Oprah Winfrey
Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything… — Lev Grossman
In a dating and courtship relationship, I would not have you spend five minutes with someone who belittles you, one who is constantly critical of… — Jeffrey R. Holland
I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like — Adele

Who Wrote These Self Esteem Quotes

780 authors contributed a total of 1,314 Self Esteem Quotes, led by these top contributors: