Quotes About Self-esteem

I think we're much harder on ourselves than other people are. This is not a unique situation here... But I never liked the 'Celtic Tiger' as a phrase.

I am slim but I've got a lot of wobble! I wear tight clothes and it holds it all in but genuinely I'm covered in cellulite - that's why I almost never wear skirts.

Women's bodies are meant to store fat so that we can do amazing things like have babies or rock a tight pair of jeans.

Don't put on something so tight thinking, 'Oh, I can wear this for four hours.' Don't do that to yourself!

When we're on the "me" plan, what others say about us has great power. A friend tells us we look good—our mind soars. A colleague tells us we're not pulling our weight at work—our mind sinks.

The practice of overcoming hope is recognizing our positive qualities. With excessive hope, we begin to belittle what we have achieved. We might then feel inadequate and have fear of not achieving more.

Confidence is the outgrowth of positive qualities, whereas pride is the outgrowth of negative qualities among positive qualities.

And in fact, psychologists draw a straight line of causation between chronic rumination and chronic depression. Dwelling on the negative and berating yourself is bad for your health, physical and mental. And the longer your mind is consumed with gloomy self-accusations, the worse you will feel.

I'm not bragging, but merely stating facts. Sometimes I have to remember my accomplishments and successes so I don't dwell on my failures.

The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.

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.

Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.

Do not compare yourself to other people, for you are a unique and wonderful creation. Make your own beautiful mark in life.

You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.

I've never had any need for somebody to be my role model. I've been my own role model.

cheek, the one so disfigured by that

You don't have to look the part, just put your price.

When will you stop thinking of yourself as a burden?

Remember that it is good for children to be bored sometimes. Children who are not continually provided with stimuli develop more active imaginations, a stronger sense of self-sufficiency and, probably, higher self-esteem.

Before Ali, the girls had felt like pleated, high-waisted mom jeans—awkward and noticeable for all the wrong reasons—but then Ali made them feel like the most perfect-fitting Stella McCartneys that no one could afford.

Maybe the only thing that really matters is how you see yourself.

The curve of my waist in a tight fitting summer dress can really make me new friends.