Esteem Quote by H. Paul Honsinger

“That people do judge themselves so harshly reflects low self-esteem, not low achievement. Self-esteem, we must realize, is the quality of self-respect that is…

— Gabor Maté

“I have never met a truly strong person who didn't have self-respect. I think a lot of inwardly and outwardly directed contempt passes itself…

— Anonymous

“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

“If I respect myself and require that others deal with me respectfully, I send out signals and behave in ways that increase the likelihood…

— Nathaniel Branden

“To realize that self-esteem is just that: esteem fulfilled by one’s self, not with the assistance of some other person, action, or object.”

— Robin Phipps Woodall

“Self-esteem can be defined as the state that exists when you are not arbitrarily haranguing and abusing yourself but choose to fight back against…

— David D. Burns

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own…

— Ayn Rand

“Some people are unable to identify their own weaknesses because they will criticize themselves and weaken their own self-esteem.”

— Tynan

“I have never met a truly strong person who didn't have self-respect. I think a lot of inwardly and outwardly directed contempt passes itself…

— Henry Rollins

“man equate their self-esteem with accomplishment”

— Barbara De Angelis

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

— Denis Waitley

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

— Friedrich Nietzsche