Quotes About Self-esteem

I just feel my best when I'm all glammed up.

In contrast, solid self-esteem depends on nothing outside the self.

I want to point out that the main reason our modern society cannot give us true and lasting self-esteem is that it cannot provide us with a meaningful understanding of what the self is.

You can find God, make as much money as God or be as good-looking as God, and you'll still need to figure out a way to pack the emotional baggage you were handed when you were a kid.

Don't know about you, but I like taking up more space.

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

Yes, dammit, a good bra can change everything.

But any time you have a thought in your head about you that didn't come from the heart of God, you're trespassing against your own body.

Do not entertain the enemy's questions about how valuable you are.

Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.

Dance class, huh?" he said. "You don't look the type." "And what does that mean?" I asked. "You're not built like a dancer," he commented. "You should probably stop talking now," I advised. "Got a little bit more meat on your bones than those girls you see on TV." "You should definitely stop talking now." I glared.

Try a bikini next time." "Right. I'll also try setting myself on fire, since it would be just as fun.

True peace was rare when you were fat. When you were fat, you wore armor to protect and deflect. You were either sharp and bitter, inspiring fear in potential bullies, or you were extra cheerful to show nothing mattered at all, not the snubs or the insults or the degradation. When you were fat, you worked so hard to be invisible. You lived in fear of being noticed, singled out, of having someone point out what you already knew.

When you're surrounded by peers at their peak of beauty, it's impossible to forget your own imperfections. My weight was like a Dementor, always close, always stealing happiness, something I always tried and failed to escape.

What some people don't understand about new clothes is it's not about the clothes. It's the promise of how happy you'll be when you wear them, the wonderful things you'll be doing in them, how people will look at you and say, yes, there's a woman who really likes herself.

That's what the list was about. The chance to get it right. It wasn't about tucking in shirts and piggyback rides. It was about not letting your weight define you, and not letting it decide when you could be the person you wanted to be.

All the misery of being a fat teenager in America, trying so hard to be invisible, quiet, not to draw attention to myself.

Einstein told me I was smart. Maybe I'd get a tattoo of those words.

understood. Blue highlight | Location: 2,477 I smile at everyone because I'm afraid they hate me on sight, so I try to be extra sweet. Though I don't do it on purpose, I even talk in a softer, higher-pitched voice than I use when I'm talking to myself, or with Marley or Georgia.

Self-esteem comes from the Lord, not other people. Why should we care what other's think?

When people close to us try to boost their self-importance by cutting us down, the wounds go deep.

Arrogance covers up insecurities.

We now have a workforce full of people who need constant reassurance and can't take criticism.

When people with the fixed mindset opt for success over growth, what are they really trying to prove? That they're special. Even superior.