Quotes about Self-esteem

Don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile — don't.

Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture…Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

What is most startling in reading a detailed explanation of what goes on beneath the surface at the age of fifteen is that the same dynamics continue into the twenties, thirties, fifties, seventies, and nineties. We remain trapped in living a pretend life out of an unhealthy concern for what other people think.

You are braver then you believe, stronger then you seem, and smarter then you think.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.

If your thoughts have convinced you that you can never do anything right, you'll tend to make more mistakes than normal and have a high rate of failure.