Quotes on Self Esteem

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you can still get it up or not, arrogance and self-esteem and deep breathing are all you have. It often looks like egomania. I assure you it's the bold coverup of the absolutely terrified.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.