Quotes on Self Esteem

I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.

Research has shown over and over again that the more you acknowledge your past successes, the more confident you become in taking on and successfully accomplishing new ones.

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.

In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.