Quotes on Self Esteem

Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

This, perhaps, goes to show that conditional self-esteem, as I have said for many years, is an insidious, real sickness, so much so that even Buddhists carelessly sneak it in and sometimes encourage their clients to achieve it.

All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.

Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.

All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.