Quotes About Self-esteem

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.

My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.

Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.

When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.

Hay mujeres tan lindas que no se explica cómo no se desmayan al mirarse al espejo

El hombre que se ríe de todo es que todo lo desprecia. La mujer que se ríe de todo es que sabe que tiene una dentadura bonita

Como Shakespeare dijo: "¡La culpa … no es de nuestras estrellas, sino de nosotros mismos, al consentir ser inferiores!

Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

Was auch immer geschieht: Nie dürft Ihr so tief sinken, von dem Kakao, durch den man Euch zieht, auch noch zu trinken!

Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.

Rip off your shirt. Do it. No one will mind. You're a Greek god. All any other guy can do is compare himself to you, and weep at his own inadequacies. Yeah, strut your stuff. Strut it down the self-help aisle. Strut it through the cookbooks section. Show them a body for life.

You want to see the treat vanish and the happy face to appear and when this happens, you feel great about yourself.

If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.

You think I look like a teletubby?

a society of essential oils and self-esteem has replaced a society of logic.

Facts have been buried to make way for feelings; a society of essential oils and self-esteem has replaced a society of logic.

No pienses todavía en esas cosas de remontarte mucho, que eres más pelado que un huevo—le dijo ella—

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.

The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidences in themselves - happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they have, and of all the opportunities that come their way. They will make light of any handicaps.

Office is something that builds up a man only if he is somebody in his own right.

A failure or so, in itself, would not matter, if it did not incur a loss of self-esteem and of self-confidence. But just as nothing succeeds like success, so nothing fails like failure.

Don't let what others think or say get in your way; their actions reflect on them, not you.

If you take care of yourself and try to look nice, it's reflective of how you feel about yourself.

It's important to look your best because it reflects how you feel about yourself. I really believe that what goes on the outside reflects what's on the inside.