Quotes About Self-esteem

T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.

If you want to make people with low self esteem feel better about themselves, praise has a superficial effect. Instead prod them into accomplishing something tangible, giving them a real experience. That will translate into a much deeper feeling of confidence.

Aprende a ejercer el hechizo del en- cantador apuntando a las debilidades primarias de la gente: vanidad y amor propio.

The weakness stems from our natural tendency to overestimate our skills. We normally have a self-opinion that is somewhat elevated in relation to reality.

Rather than flattering Louis XIV, Fouquet's elaborate party offended the king's vanity. Louis would not admit this to anyone, of course—instead, he found a convenient excuse to rid himself of a man who had inadvertently made him feel insecure. Such is the fate, in some form or other, of all those who unbalance the master's sense of self, poke holes in his vanity, or make him doubt his pre-eminence.

La autoestima es decisiva en la seducción. Una autoestima baja repele, la seguridad y autosuficiencia atraen. Cuanto menos parezcas necesitar de los demás, es más probable que se sientan atraídos hacia ti. Comprende la importancia de esto en todas las relaciones y descubrirás que tu necesidad es más fácil de suprimir.

They become infected with the leader's aggression and get to act it out on others, perhaps those below them. But such an environment is tiring, and those serving the aggressor are constantly taking hits to their self-esteem. With most aggressors, the turnover is high and the morale low. As the ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles once wrote, "Whoever makes his way into a tyrant's court becomes his slave, although he went there a free man.

The Laws of Human Nature, 10: Beware the Fragile Ego—The Law of Envy

It seems abusive or damaging to people's self-esteem to offer them stern, realistic criticism, to set them tasks that will make them aware of how far they have to go. In fact, this indulgence and fear of hurting people's feelings is far more abusive in the long run. It makes it hard for people to gauge where they are or to develop self-discipline. It makes them unsuited for the rigors of the journey to mastery. It weakens people's will.

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

Social psychologist Leon Festinger described a "social comparison process"10 as a human universal. People everywhere compare themselves with others of similar social rank, paying much less attention to those who are either far above them or far below them on the social ladder.

I'm no lord. I've more respect for myself than that.

Stop sucking your finger," Gawyn said with a grin. "We know you are a pretty little girl; you do not need to prove it to us.

We can only admire others if we have a sense of our own worthiness, and a developing sense of security about our own creative energies.

Kohut noticed that grandiosity, rather than improving your sex life, either makes you impotent or makes you so promiscuous that you cannot sustain relationships and you put yourself in danger of getting AIDS and dying. In other words, grandiosity tends to destroy you if you don't face up it and learn how to regulate it.

A person never finds himself a total coward, because if something frightens him he runs just far enough away to consider himself a hero again!

Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure that you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all…You fix things that don't need fixing, and chase after imaginary ailments. You jump to wild conclusions and build all kinds of errors into the machine because of your own nervousness. These errors, when made, tend to confirm your original underestimation of yourself.

What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself ...

No matter what anyone is saying to you from outside, the most important conversation is the one you are having with yourself on the inside.

If you're ignorant, it's easy to be bullied.

It doesn't take much education, but those doubts are cripplers for most people.

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Simply put, people who have low self-esteem and low tolerance for financial pressure can never be rich.