Quotes About Confidence

That is why the first steps of building self-esteem can be difficult: We are challenged to raise the level of our consciousness in the face of emotional resistance.

If low self-esteem dreads the unknown and unfamiliar, high self-esteem seeks new frontiers. If low self-esteem avoids challenges, high self-esteem desires and needs them. If low self-esteem looks for a chance to be absolved, high self-esteem looks for an opportunity to admire.

The tragedy of many people's lives is that they look for self-esteem in every direction except within, and so they fail in their search. In

The lower our self-esteem, the more urgent the need to "prove" ourselves—or to forget ourselves by living mechanically and unconsciously.

But to look to others as a primary source of our self-value is dangerous: first, because it doesn't work; and second, because it exposes us to the danger of becoming approval addicts.

Conversely, the elimination of irrational fears causes self-esteem to rise. This is one of the basic tasks of therapy.

Brilliant people with low self-esteem act against their interests every day.

Whatever its gratifications, a sense of belonging is not equal to trust in my mind or confidence in my ability to master the challenges of life. The fact that others esteem me is no guarantee I will esteem myself.

The more unstable the economy and the more rapid the rate of change—the more urgent the need for large numbers of self-esteeming individuals.

And as mind becomes more important, self-esteem becomes more important.

It is also true that developing self-esteem diminishes anxiety and depression.

There is a continuous feedback loop between our actions in the world and our self-esteem.

If a self-concept cannot accommodate a given level of success, and if the self-concept does not change, it is predictable that the person will find ways to self-sabotage.

The healthier our self-esteem, the more inclined we are to treat others with respect, benevolence, goodwill, and fairness—since we do not tend to perceive them as a threat, and since self-respect is the foundation of respect for others.

What is needed and demanded today, in the age of the knowledge worker, is not robotic obedience but persons who can think; who can innovate, originate, and function self-responsibly; who are capable of self-management; who can remain individuals while working effectively as members of teams; who are confident of their powers and their ability to contribute. What the workplace needs today is self-esteem.

It is poor self-esteem that places us in an adversarial relationship to our well-being.

It is not what "they" think; it is what I know. What I know is more important to me than a mistaken belief in someone else's mind.

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

The level of our self-esteem influences how we act, and how we act influences the level of our self-esteem.

When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished.

High-self-esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quicker to pick themselves up again.

Self-assertiveness" without consciousness is not self-assertiveness; it is drunk-driving.

Freedom means change; the ability to manage change is at least in part a function of self-esteem.

When we expand the boundaries of our ability to cope, we expand self-efficacy and self-respect.