Quotes about Self-esteem

It is only when we recognize our inferiority that we become superior to others.

You want the praise of people who kick themselves every 15 minutes. The praise of people who despise themselves?

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it's shameful or immodest but because I don't want to see it. I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely.   I

Most of the time, it's your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.

I know I have my faults and shortcomings, but the blow them all out of proportion!

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should, stupid, cowardly, calculating, etc., etc. All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind. I wish I could ask God to give me another personality, one that doesn't antagonize everyone.

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

We spend so much time and expend so much energy trying to gain a sense of worth from othersultimately, only God's opinion of us matters.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.