Quotes About Self-esteem

What matters is not what we seem to a random group, but what we know we are. In Schopenhauer's words: 'Every reproach can hurt only to the extent that it hits the mark. Whoever actually knows that he does not deserve a reproach can and will confidently treat it with contempt.

The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among.

the obstacle to our good development is not usually arrogance, but a lack of confidence.

SMILE - IT NO BROKE YOUR FACE! -on a stone in Kalaupapa

Self-worth makes you extremely attractive.

Do not confuse humility with humiliation.

If you know less than everything, you always feel inadequate.

She doesn't think she's worthy to live. But she doesn't realize, she is life.

He was a nobody. One of those shy kids who turned into social invalids when that first blast of adolescence hit, meekly accepted their fate, and became invisible.

A final piece of advice: recognise and beware the toxic blend of low self-esteem and grandiose self-regard known only to the truly damned.

Fingers: Weve all got them and we shouldnt be embarrassed about them.

Insulting the other destroys the other's emotional body; praising oneself destroys one's intellectual body.

Insecure men make terrible warriors.

Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body.

In those with narcissistic pathology in the higher range of functioning, enduring relationships may be maintained but they often are superficial and shallow, organized primarily to buttress self-esteem and protect the grandiose self

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder are mirrors a waste of time?

My parents treated me like I had a brain–which, in turn, caused me to have one.

Boys were so proud - you always had to let them think they were good at things.

The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else.

The Morlocks pumped up their self-esteem by ingesting steroids, binge-watching porn, and vandalizing anything or anyone who displayed an iota of what Flo called "grace" and Dill referred to as "being different.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws… this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

When someone calls another individual ugly, all I see is that the one doing the insulting becomes instantly less beautiful. Consider it a compliment to be mocked for being different.