Quotes About Self-esteem

Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry

Only someone capable of honoring each step he takes can comprehend his own worth.

We stop being the moonlight and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it. Tomorrow, the water will evaporate in the sun. And all because, one day, someone said: 'You are ugly. Or: 'She is pretty.' With those three simple words, they stole away all our self-confidence. And we become ugly and embittered.

If we start with that, with wanting girls to see themselves from the inside out rather than outside in , we will go a long way toward helping them find their true happily-ever-afters.

A person who respects herself isn't boastful or pushy but is secure in a way that inspires confidence.

Our anger is a product of our insecurities.

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you.

You're only popular with anorexia.

Nobody is better than me.

A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

People who believe in themselves can accomplish almost anything... all begins with attitude.

With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.

Mirabelle is not affected by a man's failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

People are so obsessed with that these days. As long as you're healthy, what difference do a few pounds make? Crazy diets. Thirteen-year-old girls on magazine covers who wind up in hospitals because they're so anorexic. Real women don't look like that. And who wants them to? No one wants a woman who looks sick or like she;s been from a refugee camp.

up and walked slowly to the mirror, and then she stood there with a broad smile, and a narrow river of tears gleaming on her face. He stood behind her, at a good distance. He wanted to leave her alone. This was her moment. "Oh God, Peter, it's beautiful." He laughed softly. "Not 'it's' beautiful, silly girl. You're beautiful. It is you

There's nothing like feeling like sh_t to kill your libido.

Self-hate is rarely unconditional.

I'm better than you think. I'm even better than I think I am.

It's big, but isn't it beautiful?" Kathy asked. "Yes, like you!" he joked. "Watch it," she said. "I can lose this weight, but you're never growing that hair back.

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem; we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.—Eric Hoffer

Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)

People who lack confidence rarely win anything," he noted.