Self Esteem Quotes - Page 17

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted.

I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it

The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has proven to be yet another in a long list of nouveau homilies that haven't lived up to their promises.

Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.

You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.

What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves?

I'm like Johnny Cash. I only wear black.

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure.

You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth.

For workaholics, all the eggs of self-esteem are in the basket of work.

I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.

And she's feeling like her worth is between her legs.

Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood and throughout life. We require approval from those we respect. The kinship it creates lifts us to their level, a process referred to in self-psychology as transmuting internalization. Approval is a necessary component of self-esteem. It becomes a problem only when we give up our true self to find it. Then approval-seeking works against us.

I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling was so demoralizing