Quotes About Self-esteem

Women who start out as ugly ducklings don't become beautiful swans. What they mainly become is confident ducks. They take charge of their lives.

Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Athletics are not my wheelhouse because sports were mean to this uncoordinated kid growing up, a 6-foot-2 14-year-old who never could do a layup.

I was a really low-confident kid. I did have friends from playing sports - I played water polo and I swam. But at the heart of it, I was really scared of talking to people, and making friends, and making relationships.

I never thought I'd make the pages of 'Sports Illustrated', because I've always been skinny.

I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.

I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.

Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days where you've got a spot on your nose or when you've just got off a flight, eaten fish and chips and feel really bloated - that one happens a lot to me.

I've never felt comfortable in the spotlight. I never felt pretty enough or wanted people to look at me.

It was massive deal for me to be filmed without my makeup because I've tried hard for years not to show my spots.

If I told you how many times guys on set get spray muscles... men need to realize that they don't need to live up to what they think they need to live up to!

It's OK to feel good about yourself because it's not doing any good for anybody else to be fearful or spread anxiety.

Sometimes online, there are what we call trolls or bullies that want to leave negative comments. That's just because they feel bad about themselves, and they want to spread that.

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.

A normal recession disrupts people's lives, but a long recession destroys them. You lose output, prosperity, family stability, self-esteem, and many other qualities on what looks to be a semi-permanent basis.

If, like me, you have many reasons to be less than secure and self-assured, and like me, you are far from stable even on your best days, don't for a moment imagine a psychotherapist will be of more help than a physiotherapist.

Insecure people don't stage comebacks, since they don't leave the scene.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

When I pay attention to the little details, such as matching accessories to the entire outfit, I only get more confident on stage.

My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just hard to look at.

We need to not pay attention to those losers who tried to push us down the stairs when we were in middle school.

In high school I was an outcast... I wasn't cool to hang out with. I ate my lunch in a bathroom stall because that was the one place I could go where I wouldn't been seen.

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.