Quotes about Self-esteem

Insecurity is unnecessary — you will get what you deserve.

What others think about you is none of your business.

People aren't thinking about us nearly as much as we might think they are.

Labels only stick if I let them.

Overindulgence is overindulgence. And limitless indulgence in food always has consequences—it compromises our health, dimmishes energy to pursue our calling, and affects the way we feel about ourselves

I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person.

And so was this. These words—"Not in my presence will you talk about yourself in this way"—they don't brush off easily. Nor should they. Sometimes a phrase lands in your soul with such weight it leaves the deepest impression. I collect these phrases like other people collect stamps and Beanie Babies. I fill the unlined pages of notebooks from Walmart with these phrases. These words that move me are treasures.

Negative self-talk was a rejection from my past that I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person. Hints of self-rejection laced my thoughts and poisoned my words more than I cared to admit.

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

A man whose identity flows out of deep validation doesn't wilt under criticism. He enjoys applause when it comes but frankly isn't desperate for it. He can walk away from work at five o'clock; he doesn't measure his success by how much money he makes. We grow into this man, to be sure; I'm not setting a new standard of perfection. But what I am describing.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.