Self Esteem Quotes

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent,
it is only because they are reacting to stress,
pain,
or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security,
love,
and self-esteem.

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval,
acceptance and recognition from others;
but also upon actual accomplishments,
achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues.

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.

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.

That’s what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is....Most people love you for who you pretend to be....To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretense...It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image - they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it - they feel like you’re trying to steal their most precious possession.

I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why look for friends or partners who will just shore up your self-esteem instead of ones who will also challenge you to grow? And why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you? The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet, rituals, or wind chimes. It's the natural consequence of having self-esteem, the greatest power you can have. With self-esteem, your life can broaden into an adventure because you can know in your gut that you can handle the unknown. And you can handle helping others without fear, which is true liberation.

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

We don't realise that we are actually perfect just the way we are. We are born perfect, but spend a lifetime trying to be something we are not, and then feel inadequate for failing. Your only purpose is to BE YOURSELF, otherwise you will deprive the universe of who you came here to be.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.

To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead to confusion and hence to injustice to one's self.

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

In a dating and courtship relationship, I would not have you spend five minutes with someone who belittles you, one who is constantly critical of you, one who is cruel at your expense and may even call it humor. Life is tough enough without the person who is supposed to love you leading the assault on your self-esteem, your sense of dignity, your confidence, and your joy. In this person's care, you deserve to feel physically safe and emotionally secure.