Quotes About Self-esteem

he was too proud a man to be a vain one.

Every day in about half the advertisements, a man sees the constant reminder of the woman he was not worthy of.

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being -- not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money -- but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.

Your worth is determined by you, and with no need for an explanation to anyone. And your worthiness, a given, has nothing to do with your behavior and feelings. You may not like your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever, and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.

Self-worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.

Needing approval is tantamount to saying, Your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." — Mark Twain

Confidence comes from behavior, from choosing to take risks, from not worrying about failing, from not being so obsessed with whether somebody else is going to laugh at you, from not being afraid to fall down.

Things can break down, a depression can wipe out your money, your house can be repossessed, but you, you can be a rock of self-esteem.

I want people to trust in their own magnificence. My

Think of yourself as too significant to live with anxiety about the things you have to do. So, the next time you know you are uncomfortable with postponement anxiety, remember that people who love themselves don't hurt themselves that way.

Your value does not come from what you accomplish. Your worth as a human being is not determined by whether you win or not.

Amar a si mesmo significa aceitar-se como alguém que tem valor porque decidiu ter valor.

I love this quote that's been attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." In other words, no one can depress you. No one can make you anxious. No one can hurt your feelings. No one can make you anything other than what you allow inside.

Tenha em mente que: (1)alguém sempre pode escolher outra pessoa sem que isso se reflita em você; (2)quer você seja ou não escolhido por alguém importante, não é com isso que você deve medir seu valor. (...)Se essa pessoa preferir outro a você, tal escolha refletirá o outro e não você.

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

Dad nodded. "There's a lot you could do to not have people call you that, you know.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.

The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are– bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.

false self, co-dependent self, unauthentic or public self.

These core issues are: control, trust, feelings, being over responsible, neglecting our own needs, all-or-none thinking and behaving, high tolerance for inappropriate behavior and low self-esteem. To these I have added being real, grieving our ungrieved losses, fear of abandonment, difficulty resolving conflict, and difficulty giving and receiving love.

For a nothing, Charlie Brown, you're really something!

Considerable social science research has found that constant praise of children can backfire, because it so often consists of telling children how smart they are, not of praising children for the things they actually do. As a result, many children become protective of their image of being smart and are reluctant to take chances that might actually damage that image.

I realized a couple of years ago that not only am I not super-skilled at anything, I'm not even particularly good at being myself.