Quotes About Self-esteem

I really have fallen in love with myself.

Players see shots not falling - that plays a role. That plays a major role in your confidence out there, too.

I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.

I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated.

Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths.

I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.

In each moment, you have a choice where you can build yourself up or tear yourself down, and choosing to build yourself up is always within your power.

I think compassion is the only way to approach any subject, especially if it's to do with physical appearance. I don't think it's really about tearing something apart.

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

Kids used to tease me and call me 'fille des etoiles,' which translates to 'daughter of the stars.'

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

I still remember the way children used to tease me. Fat people are really lonely people. In school, girls would be my friends, but guys would generally keep away. A lot of insecurity stems from there. But if you have a strong base, nothing can shake you.

My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!

I was teased at school for having a posh voice even though there was nothing posh about us.

I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.

I was teased about Indian food and the colour of my skin and why my knees and elbows were dark.

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

When you're younger, being a redhead is... Well, my two brothers teased me no end.

When you're a kid, you don't want to be teased.

I was teased up until high school about my hair, being short, my high pitched voice, and just anything you can think of.

When I was young, I was teased mercilessly by my classmates for being a redhead. I wasn't particularly well coordinated either, which made me a bit of a liability in P.E.

I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my voice, so it's kind of nice that now I'm making a lot of money with it.

I was a fat kid. I can laugh now. But I got teased about being an Oompa Loompa and stuff like that.

In college, if anyone asked me - professors or classmates - I said, 'I want to be a lab tech.' Because I was afraid that people would laugh at me if I said I wanted to be a doctor.