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The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Nathaniel Branden
Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Important

Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.

Nathaniel Branden
Self Esteem, Fighting, Important

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

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Integrity, Self Esteem, Effort

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 ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

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Mistake, Self Esteem, Matter

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.

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Powerful, Self Esteem, Self Respect
Nathaniel Branden (1992). “Power of Self Esteem”

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, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions.

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Integrity, Self Esteem, Expression

I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them.

Nathaniel Branden
Self Esteem, Opinion, Respecting Others

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.

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Self Esteem, Recovery, Emotional
Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

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Self Esteem, People, Excess

It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the virtues you have committed yourself to are so much against human nature that they cannot be practiced consistently? Be careful of what you accept as your code of morality. Think carefully about whether its tenets serve your life and well being. Exercise critical judgment. Realize how much is at stake-your life, your happiness, your self-esteem.

Nathaniel Branden
Self Esteem, Exercise, Thinking

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