Quotes on Self Esteem

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul?

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.

The surgeons' market is imaginary, since there is nothing wrong with women's faces or bodies that social change won't cure; so the surgeons depend for their income on warping female self-perception and multiplying female self-hatred.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.