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Quotes About Self-esteem

For women to comment on other women is making it a lot harder for us all to feel confident. And it's hard enough to feel confident when you have no control over your body.
~ Frankie Bridge
I have no friends from high school. That was probably the reason I ended up dropping out, and I dealt with that by eating.
~ Tess Holliday
My philosophy is that there is no point in being sad or hating who you are.
~ Ellie Simmonds
Who cares about my cock? It'll fend for itself.
~ Nicholson Baker
Hazel wanted Mrs. Willett to help her with the spelling of teeth, but Mrs. Willett was, like many reading teachers, a believer in the primal importance of do-it-yourself phonetics, which supposedly built self-esteem and independent thinking habits—even when a kid was obviously eager to know what the real spelling was.
~ Nicholson Baker
Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There's the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there's the size-doesn't-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem… and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.
~ Nick Hornby
and he said: you pretty full of yourself ain't chu so she replied: show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person
~ Nikki Giovanni
Do not be reluctant to value yourself highly, for others do so. Nor should you hesitate to aspire to any goal, because God has been lavish in his gifts to you.
~ Noah Gordon
While we are in recovery we need to be able to strike a balance between not allowing our ego to do all the talking and not letting our low self-esteem to only present what is wrong with us.
~ Noah Levine
Maintenance is what you have to do just so you can walk out the door knowing that if you go to the market and bump into a guy who once rejected you, you won't have to hide behind a stack of canned food. I don't mean to be too literal about this.
~ Nora Ephron
A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice,' Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true.' She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. 'Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth.
~ Nora Roberts
Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.
~ Nora Roberts
You're not beautiful, he said in a quiet statement that made her brow knit. Why do you look beautiful when you're not?
~ Nora Roberts
Why do we go to all this trouble' Parker asked. 'Men don't notice anyway.' 'Because what we wear affects how we feel, how we act, how we move. And that they do notice. Especially the move. Get dressed, smoke the eyes. You'll know you look good so you'll feel good. You'll have a better time.
~ Nora Roberts
comparison are designed to make someone fall short
~ Nora Roberts
Shut up. You Matter. That's it.
~ Nora Roberts
De ce ne batem atâta capul? întreb? Parker. B?rbaÅ£ii oricum nu observ?. - Fiindc? ceea ce purt?m afecteaz? felul în care ne simÅ£im, cum ne comport?m, cum ne miÅŸc?m. Iar astea sunt lucruri pe care le observ?. În special miÅŸcarea. Îmbrac?-te, machiaz?-Å£i ochii. Vei ÅŸti c? ar??i bine, aÅŸa c? te vei simÅ£i bine. Ai s? te distrez mai tare.
~ Nora Roberts
Ai o fa?? foarte ciudat?, zise el, pe jum?tate pentru sine. Ar trebui s? fii urât?.
~ Nora Roberts
Don't turn your back on your own happiness just to hug your pride.
~ Nora Roberts
Ninguém a levaria a sério, a não ser que ela mesma se levasse a sério.
~ Nora Roberts
I'm better than I look and I look fabulous.
~ Nora Roberts
And all he'd really bruised was her pride.
~ Nora Roberts
Don't turn your back on your own happiness just to hug your pride. One's cold without the other.
~ Nora Roberts
You can't be beautiful until you feel beautiful.
~ Chuck Palahniuk