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May you find great value in these Self Esteem quotes and sayings.
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Related topics: Wisdom Life Human-Nature Psychology Inspirational Positive Values Self Self-Confidence Approval Pride
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
No, they don't appreciate you - and it's not their job.
It's your own job to appreciate yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Insult comes not from the mouth,
but from the ear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
- Lao Tzu
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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So your father, or your mother,
never thought you were good enough - SO WHAT?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Inferiority Complex:
a name for not loving yourself enough.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing,
and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
- George Bernard Shaw
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better
to displease the people by doing what you know is right,
than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
- William J. H. Boetcker
Happiness blooms
in the presence of self-respect
and the absence of ego.
Love yourself.
Love everyone around you.
Love everyone in the whole world.
Know that your own life is of infinite importance,
as is every other life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
I am what I am.
- Village People
Once you respect yourself, there is no longer
any reason to disrespect anyone else.
Once you are confident of your own worthiness,
the worthiness of others ceases to be an issue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Loneliness is not what it seems.
One does not feel lonely because one is alone,
but because of a feeling of lack -
a feeling that something is missing.
Loneliness is essentially independent
of how many other humans are around.
It has much more to do with one's self-esteem -
one's sense of inherent worth.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
- Oprah Winfrey
While it is natural to feel some degree of
need for the approval of others, be careful.
If you find yourself unwilling to
take actions that others disapprove of,
you have lost control of your own life
and have given your destiny to others.
An excessive need-for-approval
is a sign of low self-esteem,
and in severe cases, a condition termed co-dependency.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A working definition of Honor is,
"respect or esteem that has been earned."
Contemplate that for a moment.
It would be very special to earn the respect and esteem
of our family, our friends, our co-workers, our community, wouldn't it?
If anything, it is of even more moment to honor yourself.
Those who are successful and happy earn their own
self-respect and self-esteem.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Self-honor (self-respect) is in no way selfish.
Before I can give to others,
I must have something to give.
Only by first creating
my own self-esteem and happiness,
do I possess the resources to
contribute anything meaningful to others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I think if you exercise, your state of mind -
my state of mind -
is usually more at ease,
ready for more mental challenges.
Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always
seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.
- Stone Gossard
I think high self-esteem is overrated.
A little low self-esteem is actually quite good.
Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.
- Jay Leno
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
- Whoopi Goldberg
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf,
or give us self-esteem.
No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows,
and when death comes, we meet it alone.
- Martha Beck
We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school,
are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.
- Louise Slaughter
Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.
- George Carlin
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance,
although difficult, is the highroad to pride,
self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
- Margaret Thatcher
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the
self-esteem of their personnel.
If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
- Sam Walton
Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you,
not what other people think of you.
- Gloria Gaynor
Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose.
Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities,
but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem.
- Charlene Tilton
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or
woman because it's conditional.
- Albert Ellis
People from both political parties have long recognized
that welfare without work creates negative incentives
that lead to permanent poverty.
It robs people of self-esteem.
- Mitt Romney
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
- Eric Hoffer
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem.
Worry more about your character.
Integrity is its own reward.
- Laura Schlessinger
Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer,
because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.
- David D. Burns
Nothing profits more than self-esteem,
grounded on what is just and right.
- John Milton
When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia.
I had it for about a year before it became public.
And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.
- Tracey Gold
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
- Nathaniel Branden
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue...
and that, for me, is based on insecurity,
self-esteem and loneliness.
- Naomi Campbell
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on
our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
- Denis Waitley
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.
- Irving Layton
Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community,
improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth,
and builds the creative skills that are required of
a 21st century workforce.
- Gavin Newsom
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you.
They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
- Scott Hamilton
So many comics have such low self-esteem.
- Debra Wilson
It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards.
It boosts your self-esteem.
- Sheena Easton
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem,
the more likely one will be to treat others with respect,
kindness, and generosity.
- Nathaniel Branden
People always want to ask me about my drug problem -
I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!
- Gloria Gaynor
Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade,
they lose self-confidence and self-esteem,
making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.
- Dirk Kempthorne
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
- Maxwell Maltz
It was something she didn't want me to do because she
thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem.
My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it,
let her try it.'
- Ellen Muth
I think, head up and shoulders back.
Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but
it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.
- Shelley Long
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others.
They are safe from reprisals.
And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem
but by lowering their neighbors.
- William Hazlitt
Drugs are a waste of time.
They destroy your memory and your self-respect and
everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
- Kurt Cobain
Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table.
It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.
- Louise Hart
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors;
they can be smelled.
- Eric Hoffer
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
- Thomas Carlyle
Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression
of health and self-esteem,
not its cause.
- Nathaniel Branden
If you improve a teacher's self-esteem,
confidence, communication skills or stress levels,
you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.
- Elaine MacDonald
Demands for equality for women are threats to men's
self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.
- Alice S. Rossi
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time!
I think everyone does.
I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!
- Angelina Jolie
I don't take compliments very easily.
I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.
- James Taylor
I had low self-esteem.
- Jennifer O'Neill
I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to
feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
- Tom Petty
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
- John Petit-Senn
Self esteem comes from doing something and accomplishing something.
- Shari Lewis
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
- Barbara Sher
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence,
and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization.
Without leadership development, community organizations
do not have staying power.
- Paul Wellstone
Our dependency makes slaves out of us,
especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem.
If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody,
then you make everybody your judge.
- Fritz Perls
The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships,
camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem.
Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people
to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.
- Greg Louganis
But what many psychologists have done,
probably because they did well on a test themselves
and everyone wants high self esteem,
is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.
- Robert Sternberg
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