Acceptance Quote by Freya Stark

“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

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

— E. F. Schumacher

Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

— Mason Cooley

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Self-esteem is not static and fixed; your beliefs about yourself can change throughout your life as a result of circumstance and experience.

— Senora Roy

People feel better about themselves when they hear bad things about other people.

— Jordy Nelson

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

— Gloria Gaynor

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

— Oprah Winfrey

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

— Denis Waitley

Feeling essentially superior to other people is as sure a sign of poor self-esteem as feeling essentially inferior.

— Harriet Lerner

“When we place ourselves in a position of judgment, then we turn ourselves into oppressors. Healthy self-esteem cannot exist side-by-side with oppression of any…

— Julia A. Boyd

“Take all the cultural trappings away and we are all just generic creatures barraged by a continuous stream of sensations, emotions, and events, buffeted…

— Sheldon Solomon