Quotes on Self Esteem

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.

What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.