Quotes About Self-esteem

Later I learned to love and approve of all of me, even those qualities I thought were "not good enough." That was when I really began to make progress.

We also treat ourselves the way our parents treated us. We scold and punish ourselves in the same way. You can almost hear the words when you listen. We also love and encourage ourselves in the same way, if we were loved and encouraged as children. "You never do anything right." "It's all your fault." How often have you said this to yourself? "You are wonderful." "I love you." How often do you tell yourself this?

ULCERS are no more than fear — tremendous fear of "not being good enough." We fear not being good enough for a parent, we fear not being good enough for a boss. We can't stomach who we are. We rip our guts apart trying to please others. No matter how important our job is, our inner self-esteem is very low. We are afraid they will find out about us.

10 Ways to Love Yourself 1. Probably the most important key is to stop criticizing yourself.

Everyone suffers from self-hatred and guilt. The bottom line for everyone is, "I'm not good enough." It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.

overweight person seeks protection from hurts, slights, criticism, abuse, sexuality or sexual advances, and life in general. Louise had observed in her own life that when she would feel insecure and not at ease, she would put on a few pounds. Then, the excess weight would go away

You never do anything right." "It's all your fault." How often have you said this to yourself? "You are wonderful." "I love you." How often do you tell yourself this?

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.

who among us can imagine ourselves unimagined? who among us can speak with so fragile tongue and remain proud?

It's not my fault that my awesomeness intimidates people.

She believes in me, and if someone believes in you wholeheartedly, you start to believe in yourself as well.

If you think you're fine, you'll start to believe it.

If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask . . . with nothing beneath it?

Friendship with children increases their love for themselves.

Friendship with children increases their self -esteem.

With the child already shame-based, the feeling of discouragement takes over the whole personality. As the shame-based child forms her primitive conscience, shame becomes immorality or neurotic guilt. The conforming child believes he can do nothing right

To develop strong ego boundaries, children need parents with strong boundaries. No shame-based parent has these. Toxic shame greatly damages our boundaries. Without strong boundaries for protection, a child cannot thrive. Having damaged boundaries is like living in a house without locks on the doors.

To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed.

Perhaps the deepest and most devastating aspect of neurotic shame is the rejection of the self by the self.

1. Self-image disturbance. 2. Difficulty identifying and expressing one's individuated thoughts, wishes and feelings and autonomously regulating self-esteem. 3. Difficulty with self-assertion.

When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.

Shyness can become a serious problem when it is rooted in toxic shame.

When we trust someone else and experience their love and acceptance, we begin to change our beliefs about ourselves. We learn that we are not bad; we learn that we are lovable and acceptable.

Our healthy shame is nourishing in that it moves us to seek new information and learn new things. Inferiority can be experienced as a healthy limit to our abilities.