Quotes About Self-esteem

Are you saying," he asked slowly, "that I rose in your estimation when you found that I wanted you?" "Of course." "That's not the reaction of most people to being wanted." "It isn't." "Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them." "I feel that others live up to me, if they want me....

Currently, the physical standards of beauty held up in the media as the goal are actually out of reach for 98 percent of the population. 'This is what is beautiful,' we are told. 'Look like this! Try to be this! You will never be able to, but please keep trying because we are making a lot of money out of your continued failed attempts.

Males are also damaged by gender expectations that have changed enough to erode many old sources of masculine self-esteem but not enough to lessen the pressures on them to maintain or reinvent manly behaviors and images.29

In pride we consciously elevate our own standing and concerns and look down upon others as essentially inferior.

I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked "good". Do you know what I mean? That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she's always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a "superior position" that she wouldn't need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

Adults are bad at remembering how powerful they can be because somewhere along the line, they were shamed for their imagination.

was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it's sad because Susan doesn't look as happy.

I am below average!

Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped reading those self-esteem books because she met a new boy

That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair's right for the first time in your life? I don;t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.

My sister tried to clarify things. She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a "superior position" that she wouldn't need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.

Everything can't be low self-esteem, can it?

Je crois juste que c'est mal, quand un garçon regarde une fille et s'imagine que sa façon de la regarder la rend plus belle qu'elle ne l'est en réalité.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Las personas que se jactan de su coeficiente intelectual son unos perdedores (Stephen Hawking)

When you want to feel better, call something a piece of shit. It usually works.

He thought that fat boys were probably only allowed to love pretty girls inside. If he told anyone how he felt (not that he had anyone to tell), that person would probably laugh until he had a heart-attack.

A man who doubts himself shouldn't have to try too hard for too long, not until he's seasoned.

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is to believe in yourself, the reason it is so hard is because it is worth it.

Free ourselves from fear, insecure and scared of others judgement and opinions. Build up with our own confident, self-esteem and self-satisfaction.Just be yourself for being better person.

When no one cares about you, just look at yourself in mirror

If you want self-esteem." "Do estimable acts" ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

When you understand what you're truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one.