#Self Esteem Quotes

“Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. I knew a man of simple habits and earnest character who never put out his hands nor opened his lips to court the public, and having survived several rotten reputations of younger men, honor came at last and sat down with him upon his private bench from which he had never stirred."”

“Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.”

“It's impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.”

“The way you look on the outside has a definite bearing on how you feel and see yourself on the inside.”

“The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.”

“Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions andapproval.”

“Self worth cannot be verfied by others”

“Nobody on the face of the earth can make you feel inferior without your permission.”

“Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.”

“Once you see a child's selfimage begin to improve, you will see significant gains in achievement areas, but even more important, you will see a child who is beginning to enjoy life more.”

“Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we generate this imponderable quality most quickly? By thinking that other people are inferior to oneself.”

“Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'”

“High self-esteem comes from feeling like you have control over events not that events have control over you.”

“Nothing tastes as good as looking good feels.”

“I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.”

“Never never never compare yourself to the beautiful girls. There's always someone gorgeous who will make you feel like you're not. It's a total confidence buster!”

“Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.”

“I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.”

“The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things - and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.”

“To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance.”

“Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting "self-esteem" and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.”

“Never compare yourself to beautiful girls.”

“Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear”

“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!”

“... all comparisons injure.”

“The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.”

“Every time we do something #‎ GOOD . We #‎ RISE a little bit in our OWN eyes and the #‎ REVERSE is just as #‎ TRUE .”

“Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.”

“If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.”

“I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.”

“In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.”

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

“When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.”

“We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes”

“True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.”

“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.”

“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”

“Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.”

“Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.”

“lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.”

“You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.”

“As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.”

“Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through opinions or ridicule”

“No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.”

“When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to what they thought I should be - my mother was on my side. It was amazing.”

“Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater. [...] when you start hating anybody, it destroys the very center of your creative response to life and the universe; so love everybody.”

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.”

“I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.”

“Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.”

“If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.”