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When a leader keeps personal ego in check it builds the confidence and self-esteem of others.
— Ken  Jennings, The Serving Leader: Five Powerful Actions to Transform Your Team, Business, and Community
Leave someone who hates you as much as you hate yourself.
— Michael J. Bennett
Women are conditioned to give themselves away.
— Sherry Argov, Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
I while away my time wishing I were someone else when simply being me is the most magnificent thing I could ever wish to do.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough, Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Profound Living
Of all the horrid ramifications of child abuse, the self-beliefs formed by the child reap the greatest destruction. Abuse is the most penetrating and permanent communication possible, and it always conveys to the child one or more of several messages: ‘I caused it to happen. It’s my fault because I am bad. I don’t deserve any better.
— Heyward Bruce Ewart III, Am I Bad? Recovering from Abuse
If the moon faerie became like the sun faerie, there would be eternal day and if the sun faerie became like the moon faerie, it would be pitch dark. Therefore you balance each other out. Do you see?
— Anja Owona Okoa, What if we're faeries?
When you look at your passions, your interests, and your own self, and see nothing of worth, then know that life will feed this belief back to you. If you can find a way to value yourself without exerting your will or your effort anymore, you will find that you need to do less, to shine more.
— Kelly    Martin, When Everyone Shines But You - Saying Goodbye To I'm Not Good Enough
My ancestors arrived on the Wayflower
— Robert Wesley Miller
God created you in His own image.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Faith gives self-confidence, self-courage and strength.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
A person that doesn't know their worth will never know yours. Therefore, the longer you hang onto hope that they will finally see your worth is the moment you start to depreciate in value.
— Shannon L. Alder
There are those who will resent you for not being confined by their limitations.
— Wayne Gerard Trotman
Is it not enough to dip your tongue into my soul and write poetry?
— Evelyn Lielou Colon
Maybe just being me was enough to be loved. I wasn't giving myself any credit.Now I knew that I h
— Jennifer Lopez, True Love
Any time you think limitation it is not spiritual or god based,
— Frank Healy, The Ultimate Guide To Healing Your Past
Nobody can help you as much as you can help yourself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
My self-esteem is Teflon coated, baby.
— Josephine Myles, How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps
It sounded, I told him, as if he had never learned to balance projecting goals into the future with appreciating and living in the present....To the extent that our goal is to "prove" ourselves or ward off the fear of failure, this balance is difficult to achieve. We are too driven. Not joy but anxiety is our motor.But if our aim is self-expression rather than self-justification, the balance tends to come more naturally. We will still need to think about its daily implementation, but the anxiety of wounded self-esteem will not make the task nearly impossible.
— Nathaniel Branden
And the reason I'm telling you all this is that I want you to know no one in my life has ever made me feel worse about myself than you.
— Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep
Self-struggle is spiritual.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as they’re told because they are hungry to get approval.
— Melinda Gebbie
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
— Andrew Carnegie
One Decision Makes All the Difference
— Kimesha Coleman, He Loves Me Not: Buried Tears of Betrayed Love
Stand firm. Stand tall.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Sacred-soul, sacred life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
If you’re looking for that one person who can change your life, take a look in the mirror.
— R. Price
I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.
— Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
Choose faith to live life rather than fear.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Hold yourself in great esteem.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Every soul has the potential of a great spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I knew with certainty now—I could say no, and he would stop. Above all, I felt the fierce beauty of the choice. I knew now what it was that had held me from falling into my desire to be with him fully: I first needed to make sure he was a man who would respect my 'No.
— Aspen Matis
It is impossible to satisfy self. Self always wants more and more. It is an ugly monster that will devour you if you don't devour it. Stop feeding it an watch the pressure be released. Self deprivation is much more fulfilling than self gratification. Who Knew?
— Randa Manning-Johnson
The pendulum has overcorrected from the cruel era of rapping a disobedient child’s knuckles with a ruler togiving every child a trophy for showing up. Every child should have the experience of being loved unconditionally, supported, and encouraged,but this requires more than a standing ovation every time he or she enters the room.
— Ramani Durvasula, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist
You are a child of God. You are blessed.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Confident is a spirit of faith
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Be confident, be bold!
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
You are the most priced before God.Acknowledge this
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Knowledge, Understanding, Wisdom: The Tripartite Force in the Pursuit of Divine Access
When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist. So why can't we feels the same way about beauty?
— Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others
Sometimes the ugliest parts of ourselves are what others love the most.
— Susan   Renee, Solving Us
If you can be content with who you are, how you look and then try every day to make a difference to someone else, then it leads to a wonderful life. It’s a shame more humans can’t grasp that fact.” - M.K. Clinton
— M.K. Clinton, Showstoppers
The strangest thing was, as beautiful as I found her to be, she admitted that she wasn’t always comfortable in her own skin. I found that hard to believe until she explained herself. All of the sudden I was not so much in awe of her but found myself empathizing with her.
— Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino
Truth be told, I’m still in awe of her, but I found it easier to relate to her. She really made me see that we are all the same. We all suffer the same feelings of inadequacy because we are not like others, but that’s what makes us so special too.
— Michele Jennae, CHARGE! The Patchwork Rhino
Be assertive, in speech and in conduct.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
He likes to think of himself as someone who can give quick clever answers to awkward questions. It is an important part of his self-esteem.
— Glenn Haybittle, The Way Back to Florence
Walk, act and speak in confident.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
What an excellent great soul you are?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I guess sometimes the perfection we perceive in others is made up of a whole bunch of tiny imperfections, because some days the damn dress just won't zip.
— Julie   Murphy, Dumplin'
The mere fact that I exist, means that I deserve to be here and to express myself any damn way I please.
— Euphoria Godsent
I will be all that I am capable of being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Where there is life, there is a hope.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I am wonderful creation of God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough. But you don't have to bother with that nonsense. I wasted all that time so you don't have to.
— Julie   Murphy, Dumplin'
If you are going to dream then dream big, why spend time dreaming small?
— Tiffany Sunday, Dyslexia's Competitive Edge: Business and Leadership Insights and Strategies for Dyslexic Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Professionals
if you keep a distance to get a respect, keep a distance to keep the respect
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
I put on a show of confidence as often as I could, but inside, I was a befuddled mess. I secretly wished my mother would live forever. - Merrick Delmar
— Heidi Peltier, Involuntary Kings
What a joy to meet and be around with people who're self-aware with healthy self-esteem. They embrace you and make your stay with them enjoyable.
— Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership
But I was coming to learn that much of your perception of a relationship is shaped by everything else that happens to be going on in your life at the time. When I first met Ed Farley, I had been starved for love. He was the first man I'd ever known to show me kindness. Hr had taken my loneliness away. And for that I knew I would always be grateful. But being grateful was not enough of a reason to stay with someone.
— Patricia Park
Inspiration builds self-esteem, it builds communities, and it builds lives. It creates paths where previous paths didn’t exist.
— Elaina Marie, Happiness is Overrated - Live the Inspired Life Instead
Respect, reverence, self-esteemAre my basic requisites I refuse to be a competitorWho struggles for personal rights
— Balroop Singh
When admiring other people's gardens, don't forget to tend to your own flowers.
— Sanober  Khan
So I get to be the bitch now? Fine. Then you, my friend, are the scary girl. 'He doesn't hit me. He doesn't abuse me. He doesn't cheat on me.' Can you hear yourself? If those are the standards you have--hey, he hasn't punched me, so everything must be okay!--that scares me. That makes me think that at some point you've used these justifications. 'Oh, it's really bad right now, and he's being awful...but at least he's not hitting me. Have a little more respect for yourself than that, okay?
— David Levithan, Another Day
May be I am villain in your story, but I am hero in mine.
— Shon Mehta
We can choose partner, make friends, hire people who make us feel faultless. But think about it – do you never want to grow? Next time you’re tempted to surround yourself with worshippers, go to church.
— Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Limiting beliefs are a virus of the mind. They decline your success and happiness.
— Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
Be weird...only losers are normal.
— Marie
We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay. —Codependent No More Do you ever find yourself thinking: How could anyone possibly love me? For many of us, this is a deeply ingrained belief that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking we are unlovable can sabotage our relationships with co-workers, friends, family members, and other loved ones. This belief can cause us to choose, or stay in, relationships that are less than we deserve because we don’t believe we deserve better. We may become desperate and cling as if a particular person was our last chance at love. We may become defensive and push people away. We may withdraw or constantly overreact. While growing up, many of us did not receive the unconditional love we deserved. Many of us were abandoned or neglected by important people in our life. We may have concluded that the reason we weren’t loved was because we were unlovable. Blaming ourselves is an understandable reaction, but an inappropriate one. If others couldn’t love us, or love us in ways that worked, that’s not our fault. In recovery, we’re learning to separate ourselves from the behavior of others. And we’re learning to take responsibility for our healing, regardless of the people around us. Just as we may have believed that we’re unlovable, we can become skilled at practicing the belief that we are lovable. This new belief will improve the quality of our relationships. It will improve our most important relationship: our relationship with our self. We will be able to let others love us and become open to the love and friendship we deserve. Today, help me be aware of and release any self-defeating beliefs I have about being unlovable. Help me begin, today, to tell myself that I am lovable. Help me practice this belief until it gets into my core and manifests itself in my relationships.
— Melody Beattie
If I had a daughter, here's what I'd tell her: One day, when you've worked hard for what you want, when people see that you are confident and intelligent and that you recognize your own self-worth, when you take care of yourself, support yourself, and stand up for yourself, that is the day that the world will call you "a cruel and selfish bitch." It's a tough title to earn and you should be and proud of it.
— Patricia V. Davis, The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know
Self-respect is the very cement of character, without which character will not form nor stand; a personal ideal is the only possible foundation for self-respect, without which self-respect degenerates into vanity or conceit, or is lost entirely, its place being taken by worthlessness and the consciousness of worthlessness; and that is the end of all character. It is often said that if we do not respect ourselves no one else will respect us; this is rather a dangerous way to put it; let us rather say that if we are not worthy of our own respect we cannot claim the respect of others. True self-respect is a matter of being and never of mere seeming. As Paulsen says, "It is vanity that desires first of all to be seen and admired, and then, if possible, really to be something; whereas proper self esteem desires first of all to be something, and' then, if possible, to have its worth recognized.
— Edward O. Sisson
When you think yourself as nothing,Then something important will begin
— Rajesh Nanoo
No matter how rich, powerful or handsome he is, he is still just a man.
— Rebecca   Warner
Womanly Power: Hurting a man and then making him apologize.
— Rebecca   Warner
Never chase a person that doesn't know your worth because the moment you catch him you will always feel you were never good enough.
— Shannon L. Alder
We are so desperate to be in love with someone else that we forget to love ourself...what a tragedy!
— Jasz Gill
If you live life on your own terms it shouldn’t feel like a jail cell.
— Shannon L. Alder
The person you see is the person you will be.
— Jim Cathcart
Don't expect others to respect you, if you can't respect your self.
— "Beta" Metani' Marashi
You must passionately pursue all your dreams.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.
— Oprah Winfrey
Happiness isn’t something you pick up at the grocery store, nor is it something that comes to you at a certain age. It’s a trait that lives within all of us, and it flourishes when you begin appreciating the things in life we take for granted.
— T.A. Uner, Guns and Dogs
I believed almost every negative thing that I ever heard someone say about me.
— Mark L. Baynard, 100 Years: A Journey to End a Vicious Cycle
Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good.
— Louis Zamperini
I had battled my own demons that day, facing down the thing that imprisoned me since the accident-a scar and the diffidence it created inside of me. But it was just a physical blemish, not something that made me who I am. It took a mentally disturbed murderer who gave me a sneak peak at death to show me that.
— Pamela Crane, A Secondhand Life
Never condemn yourself. Always affirm positive words into your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Other people's opinion have no impact on your self esteem unless you allow it.
— Kishore Bansal
You are here to light up the passion of your life and shine it as brightly as you possibly can for all to see. You are an example for all others on their path." - Bootstraps: A Woman's Guide to Personal Power
— Sue Kipperman Pighini, Bootstraps: A Woman's Guide to Personal Power in a Victim-Driven World
Those who with high self esteem makes deep and lasting connections with their own unique way to make all the difference in the world.
— Kishore Bansal
Was I still myself? If so, who was I? I wasn’t really interested in knowing that. It had no sort of importance for me anymore. Some moorings had broken, some taboos had fallen, and a world of spells and anathemas was springing up from their ruins. What was terrifying about this whole affair was the ease with which I passed from one universe to another without feeling out of place. Such a smooth transition. I had gone to bed a docile, courteous boy, and I’d awakened with an inextinguishable rage lodged in my very flesh. I carried my hatred like a second nature; it was my armor and my shirt of Nessus, my pedestal and my stake; it was all that remained to me in this false, unjust, arid, and cruel life.
— Yasmina Khadra
Some people only hate you because of the way other people love you.
— Karen Salmansohn
What I am in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.
— Vincent van Gogh
Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be.
— Karen Salmansohn
If you don't love yourself it's tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.
— Karen Salmansohn
Before entering into any kind of intimate relationships, whether friendship, familial re-connection, or romance, the idea of “needing” or “being needed” must be eliminated. It's harmful to me and others. Need is no kind of foundation for anything. Rather, I choose to be wanted. “Want” is a deliberate choice. Wanting is not based in fear or ego (which are one in the same, I believe). Want comes from recognition of someone else's goodness and loving them for it. Being wanted is unconditional. It does not require emotional games be played, it does not require reparations be made or obligations be met. Being wanted is good, in and of itself.
— Jennifer DeLucy
Perfection isn't necessarily found only in publicly accepted trends. Perfection is found in self.
— Nike Thaddeus
Beauty is nothing without brains & heart.
— Karen Salmansohn
My life got happier when I trusted my gut to tell me when to open the door or close the door. There is joy to be found in keeping away from people & situations which could harm my self-respect my peace my worth.
— Karen Salmansohn
If your confidence is based purely on the way you look, you’re setting yourself up for a) years of fretting about how to appear perfect, and b) anxiety / despair as the wrinkles inevitably set in. (Not to mention the fact that the world is FULL of pretty girls – you’re going to have to dig 	a little bit deeper if you want to stand out in the crowd.) Base your self-belief on what’s in your heart and mind; you’ll never lose your inner beauty.
— Rosie Blythe, The Princess Guide to Life
Your mission: feel good about who you are, what you do, how you think, and how you look--without needing anybody's approval!
— Karen Salmansohn
At least a third of the world’s population are introverts. While they can pretend to be extroverts for a while, frankly, the task is exhausting. I hope Charlotte accurately portrayed the complexities of this personality. Contrary to common belief, introverts are not necessarily shy. They are not misanthropists. Though they gain energy from solitude and quiet, they don’t always like to be by themselves. They are, however, wonderful observers of the world around them, are quite self- aware, and prefer deep conversations to small talk. They are also inclined to think that there’s something seriously wrong with them. Many times they desperately hope that if they just try hard enough, they’ll be able to be like everyone else. I should know. I am one. Perhaps my novels always speak to questions of worth because so often I doubt my own.
— Mitchell, Siri
Remember that this is YOUR LIFE, and nothing is more important than YOU.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Practise really seeing yourself in the mirror. This is NOT about examining yourself. This is about you looking beyond your external image to connect with your soul. Look upon yourself with complete appreciation and acceptance. You are so beautiful.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love. Shush your inner bully. Be your own bestie.
— Karen Salmansohn
You're allowed to be sad and angry. You're not allowed to give up.
— Karen Salmansohn
Don't let a mediocre person tell you what you are capable of or how your future is going to be.
— Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
Despite our battered exterior and in spite of the festering scars and rank filth that overlays it, there is underneath it all the pristine likeness of God Himself. And we would be wise to cast an eye not on the marred exterior, but to be fixed on the glorious interior.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
When you are clearly-defined, deliberate with intention and operating at your highest level, your brilliance cannot be hidden, diminished or overshadowed.
— Rhonda Louise Robbins
Mirrors are useless for reflecting who you are.
— Fernando A. Torres
In 1950, the [Gallup organization] asked high school kids, are you a very important person? Then 12 percent said yes. Asked again in 2005, 80 percent said, yes, I'm a very important person.
— David Brooks
Yes, you ARE important enough; and yes, your needs and wants DO matter.
— Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Through my pain and sorrow, God has prepared me to share His word with others in a way that was made just for me.
— Latorria Freeman, Latorria Pier
i will tell you, my daughterof your worth not your beauty everyday. (your beauty is a given. every being is born beautiful)knowing your worth can save your life.raising you on beauty alone, you will be starved.you will be raw.you will be weak.an easy stomach.always in need of someone telling you how beautiful you are.
— Nayyira Waheed
When you continually worry about what other people think of you, they own you.
— Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness
When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.
— Shannon L. Alder
Loving yourself doesn't make you selfish. When done correctly, the exact opposite occurs, because you know that selfish behaviors are negative for your mind, body and spirit.
— Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness
Introspection is not a privilege, you don't have to subscribe to it. On any occasion you can discover wisdom and oneself.
— Unarine Ramaru
The best way to reach your destination is to just keep going until you get there.
— Eleanor Brownn, Mile 9: The true story of a lifelong couch potato who one day made a decision that changed everything
I believe now that we’re the enemy to the things we really want for our lives. We get really good at telling ourselves ugly lies on repeat every day. You’re unworthy. You’re ugly. You’re inadequate.
— Hannah Brencher, If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers
Her skirt was nice, but she was wearing a dull-colored blouse that wasn't at all attractive. I'd have to remember to tell her not to wear it when she was with me if the two of us were going to get together, I thought
— Jonas Karlsson, The Room
One day I realized, I am what I'm looking for. The love I've been searching the world for. When I devoutly love myself it's fulfilling, and it attracts others. They fight to love me twice as much.
— Euphoria Godsent
You are you, no one else is you, you are the right you, and the right you, is the you that you love.
— Ya'ira Somerville
It can be hard to hold onto your vision because other people will want you to be like they are. But your life has a course of its own, and only you can walk it.
— Eleanor Brownn, Mile 9: The true story of a lifelong couch potato who one day made a decision that changed everything
All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.
— Paula Heller Garland
When identity is based on outward titles, material possessions, academic achievements or even relationship status, we place ourselves in a very fragile state. Until we are simply “enough” because of who we are “being” and not because of what we are “doing,” our self-esteem and worth will continue to be “tossed to and fro,” as our outer conditions are subject to change.
— Shannon Tanner, Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness
You have to look in the mirror and do one of two things; love or hate who you see. So, be good to yourself - it's all the esteem you have.
— Stacy Snapp-Killian aka StacyK
The feelings is both the biggest poison and the greatest remedy. The wisdom and good sense define the best use.
— Da Anunciação Marco
falling is MY passion, you don't have to do the same.
— MHQ
watch out for schools that promise your kids will "experience success." I'm teaching Plato's Dialogues these days, and I noticed that Socrates never let his students experience success. Socrates won the argument every time.
— David Kahn
Make good choices and always do your best.
— Yvonne Capitelli
If you fight yourself, you will lose, and fighting leaves scares.
— Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer
That is because no one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself, okay? So any mean thing someone's gonna think of to say about me, I've already said to me, about me, probably within the last half hour.
— Lena Dunham
I'd wasted so much time wishing I could be different, wishing I could change things, change myself...I thought it would be easier to be someone else than to be who I was becoming, but I didn't think that anymore
— Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer
The greatest tool of self-love is self-awareness. Once you truly know yourself, love is the only option.
— Vironika Tugaleva
The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.
— Maxwell Maltz
The only love you have to prove in life is your love of God and helping others. Anyone that can't see that has proven themselves to be unworthy of your time because why would you spend your life with someone that can't tell the difference between a diamond and dirt?
— Shannon L. Alder
It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
How easy would it be to let the words uncurl from my tongue and glide slowly into the space between us? Let them light up the room in bright-orange neon: Here's your answer! Here's what you need to know! It's an incredible thing to have that kind of power. To know that your words could change everything.
— Jennifer Wolf Kam, Devin Rhodes Is Dead
May Love, Joy and Abundance Rain on Every Being in the World.
— Emmanuel Dagher, Easy Breezy Miracle: A Powerful, Exciting & Simple Guide to Creating an Extraordinary Life
There is no dictionary in the world that includes the words ’skinny’ or ‘fat’ under the definitions of ‘beautiful’ and ‘ugly’. So, focus on being healthy and stop the self-criticism.
— Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
If you think you’re worthless, you’re not - but your limiting self-beliefs are. Change them.
— Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
Modesty isn’t always a virtue
—  it can be a hindrance
What qualifies your worthiness is your self-regard.
— Unarine Ramaru
Until you raise the bar on yourself people will treat you as a commodity
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
In most cases, our thoughts about experiences that have happened to us cause greater grief than the events themselves. Understanding it may be difficult and require some effort, but remind yourself as often as you need to, that past and future exist only as stories in our minds.
— J.F.Kelly
What you make of yourself and your future is entirely up to you.
— C.L.    Grant
What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren't fighting yourself along the way.
— Shannon Ables
Just because you…achieve what you always thought would make you feel special does not fix that deep-down internal insecurity. External achievement never equals internal acceptance.
— Lysa TerKeurst, Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl
God sees us differently. We see where we are but God sees where we can be.
— Jamie Larbi
Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
It is well understood in psychology that the subconscious mind has the dominant influence on human decision making, and therefore the pivotal role of the subconscious, for you to achieve success, is inescapable.
— Kevin Michel, Moving Through Parallel Worlds To Achieve Your Dreams
The subconscious mind is aware of the many worlds unfolding in each moment.
— Kevin Michel, Moving Through Parallel Worlds To Achieve Your Dreams
He'd wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he'd wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he'd gone one step further.He cherished.She'd never believed anyone would, or could. And had never believed there was enough inside her to give all of those things back." (Lt. Eve Dallas)
— J.D. Robb
You do not set a high enough value on yourself if you think a man who loves you should not weave you into the fabric of his life with every thread. — Robert Service to Constance MacLean, 1903 (age 28)
— David Eso, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets
when you believe inyourself, other people will believe inyou, too.
— Sophia Amoruso, #GIRLBOSS
Learn to love and value yourself, regardless of the affections of others. Romantic love then becomes a wonderful bonus, rather than a necessity.
— Joanne Madeline Moore, Love and Sex Signs: Venus, Mars and Astrology
Make your inner foundations strong and secure and then you can enjoy your partner, rather than feeling you must own them.
— Joanne Madeline Moore, Love and Sex Signs: Venus, Mars and Astrology
Learn to love yourself for who you are, not just what you do - there is a big difference.
— Joanne Madeline Moore, Love and Sex Signs: Venus, Mars and Astrology
With strong self-esteem you can climb any mountain and weather any storm.
— Joanne Madeline Moore
Define who you are. Define your future.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
A girl should want to look good for herself, not for boys.
— Lisi Harrison, Alphas
I say that my value is based on my accomplishments. Christmas is God saying that I am His accomplishment and that will forever be enough.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.
— Donata Joseph
When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.
— Ayn Rand
As a young gay African, I have been conditioned from an early age to consider my sexuality a dangerous deviation from my true heritage as a Somali by close kin and friends. As a young gay African coming of age in London, there was another whiplash of cultural confusion that one had to recover from again and again: that accepting your sexual identity doesn’t necessarily mean that the wider LGBT community, with its own preconceived notions of what constitutes a "valid" queer identity, will embrace you any more welcomingly than your own prejudiced kinsfolk do.
— Diriye Osman
Be self-indulgent, and those who are also self-indulgent will like you. Tear your neighbor to pieces, and the other neighbors will laugh. But if you beat your soul, all souls will cry out.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
You will not invest in yourself if you think you are not worth it
— Saji Ijiyemi
Believing in yourself means more than simply believing in your own ultimate success; it means believing you will survive failures, disappointments, rejections, and criticism but still persist.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes
I wear makeup and I don dramatic attire because I like control. I’m not interested in controlling others but I’m invested in strict self-governance. This is why I don’t do many face-to-face interviews. I don’t like being caught off-guard. It all goes back to that attempt to create order amidst disorder. One of the most frightening things about losing your mind is that you feel like your body, your brain, every part of your essence is being invaded. There is such a palpable helplessness to that narrative and I hate the sense of victimhood that it implies. Certainly, this is how I felt during my moments of psychological disquiet. I felt like my personhood was under attack. Performativity is important to me because I’m the teller of my own stories. I have been performing these multiple roles for so long that they have bled into my identity. I have become the man that I always wanted to be.
— Diriye Osman
Home is in my hair, my lips, my arms, my thighs, my feet and my hands. I am my own home. And when I wake up crying in the morning, thinking of how lonely I am, I pinch my skin, tug at my hair, remind myself that I am alive. Remind myself to step outside and greet the morning. Remind myself that it’s all about forward motion. It’s all about change. It’s all about that elusive state. Freedom.
— Diriye Osman
A leader helps others to reach their full leadership potential.
— Artika Tyner
Love who you are and want you want to be.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I’m a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that’s not what I think of as sexy.
— Adrienne Barbeau
Nothing Can Substitute Attitude Keep It Up 
— Shravan kumar
Things happened to the worst, I've lost many things and I've got many things but the precious thing I have with me right now is "having me still". I love myself. I love myself unconditionally. I feel proud about myself. Now I'm living without limited because "I have me".
— Sivaprakash Sidhu
EdgesI am a child throwing rocks into the stream.Challenging the rushing water.Raising my fist and daring fate to do it worst.I am a dancer in the waves of the ocean.Swaying in time with the tide.Pirouetting, the current my only friend.I am the sun, rising across the canyonAscending, and shinning down.Giving the illusion of perception and motion.I am thoughts like a rolling river.Water cascading over the rocks of my soul.Shaping, forming, conforming.I am the peace of the rain forest.Basking in solitudeTranquil, serene, transfixing angles.Reflecting from within.Dripping and dropping. Shaking it off.I am the dust of the galaxy.Yearning to know itself.I am the wind.Wandering. Searching.A storm brewing from within.
— Tosha Michelle, Confessions of a Reformed Southern Belle.: A Poet's Collection of Love, Loss, and Renewal
After an initial rush of pleasure that left me trembling with need, I broke off the heated kiss and whispered, "Okay, you win."He leaned over me and said into my ear, "Dutch, I won the moment you crawled into bed."He really did need to work on his self-esteem.
— Darynda Jones, Seventh Grave and No Body
I've always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right.
— Byron Katie, I Need Your Love - Is That True?: How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead
You have to understand your best. Your best isn't Barrymore's best or Olivier's best or my best, but your own. Every person has his norm. And in that norm every person is a star. Olivier could stand on his head and still not be you. Only you can be you. What a privilege! Nobody can reach what you can if you do it. So do it. We need your best, your voice, your body. We don't need for you to imitate anybody, because that would be second best. And second best is no better than your worst.
— Stella Adler, The Art of Acting
You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.
— Stella Adler, The Art of Acting
If you seek happiness through someone else's perspective, you might as well get comfortable in sorrow.
— Unarine Ramaru
No serum can vhange who you are. Nor should you change. Genius or madness--it al depends on who's telling the story.
— Megan Shepherd, Her Dark Curiosity
The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources. Shame does not discourage him; neither does obloquy. Indifferent to approval, reputation, wealth, or love, he cherishes only his personal sense of honor, which he permits no one else to judge.[…] Guided by an inner gyroscope, he pursues his vision single-mindedly, undiscouraged by rejections, defeat, or even the prospect of imminent death.
— William Manchester
Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remarkable and are the only ones who truly make a difference in this world.
— Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
When we stop looking for someone to complete us... We find completion in ourselves.
— Vironika Tugaleva, The Love Mindset
You've got to know thyself, date thyself and most importantly be thyself.
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
When you have lived your life under such dominant image-leadership, its pressures put a certain invisible English on the cue ball of your development: It influences all of your ideas about who you should be, all the ways in which you become yourself.
— Cintra Wilson
Self motivation leads to acceptance of thyself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.
— Unknown Author 909
Every single man who is too stupid enough to realize how beautiful is God's creation through WOMEN and continuously lay his hand on them, he is not man enough to be classified with the rest of us.
— Unarine Ramaru
Something inside her opened strong and raw while she played with those two words. I matter.
— A. Lynn
A beautiful person is not defined by a hair style, a pair of shoes, it’s not the logos on the T-shirt, the sport’s team on a hat, the designer’s name on a hand bag, or even how you smell.Instead, beauty lies in who you are when no one is watching, the person you are when there’s nothing to hide behind. No amount of concealer can cover up a cantankerous heart, but all the make-up in the world can’t add a single lumen to the brightness of a beautiful soul.
— Justin Young
Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.
— Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia
I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition.
— Shannon L. Alder
The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.
— Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.
— Tim Fargo
To be unique calls for being unique in such a way that your uniqueness doesn't make others appear inferior, and a uniqueness that doesn't crave for anything apart from your own thing.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.
— Ryan Lilly
The price you will offer yourself to the world, is how much they will buy you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Just because your feet are on the ground, doesn't mean you weren't born to fly.
— Justin Young
Each of us have been born with the potential for greatness. We are equals. That doesn't mean we are born into equal circumstances, or have equal skills. What we do have in common, though, is the ability to apply ourselves to achieving that which we desire.
— Justin Young
I may not be the prettiest butterfly in the garden to seek but, I am still there with my wings.
— Oceangirlie14
Smile: Happiness Is Right Under Your Nose!
— Mary Anne Puleio, Smile: Happiness Is Right Under Your Nose!: How the Power of Your Smile Connects You to Happiness, Love, Longevity and Much More
We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth.
— Kevin Solomons, Born to Be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem
There is no one more capable of helping you than yourself.
— Gary   Hopkins
And keep them thinking in terms of 'being good' as this is not an end so much as a means to something else —happiness, respect, self-esteem, etc… And whatever their true end is, take it away, and so goes their goodness.
— Geoffrey Wood
No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.
— Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
It is very difficult to develop a proper sense of self-esteem in a dysfunctional family. Having very little self-worth, looking at one’s own character defects becomes so overwhelming there is no room for inward focus. People so afflicted think: “I need to keep you from knowing me. I have already rejected me, but if you knew how flawed I am, you would also reject me…and since this is all I have, I could not stand any more rejection. I am not worthy of someone understanding me so you will not get the chance...so I must judge, reject, attack, and/or find fault with you. I don’t accept me so how can I accept you?
— David W. Earle
If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.
— Abiola Abrams, The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love
There's great power in not fearing solitude. You don't allow yourself to be treated like crap because you're afraid of the alternative.
— S. Usher Evans
I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.
— Abiola Abrams, The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love
Dont try to be useful. Try to be yourself; that is enough, and that makes all the difference.
— Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra
This is what I find myself writing to myself on the page:I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long. I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it - I will love you through that, as well. If you don't need the medication, I will love you, too. There's nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
Just be yourself -- it's the only way it can work.
— Johnny Carson
How do you know if someone loves herself? No hairstyle, religion, or ethnicity has ownership of self-love or a greater propensity toward self-hatred. The best way to tell if a woman loves herself is by how she treats herself and others. She makes self-loving choices.
— Abiola Abrams, The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love
People build defenses around a weakness, not around strength. Where self-esteem is strong, a defense is unnecessary.
— David W. Earle
The perfect body protects its owner from disease, gives birth to amazing new people and stops your bones from falling out. The end.
— Heather  Hill, The New Mrs D
A woman in love with herself is magnetic.
— Abiola Abrams, The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love
I’m creating a self help show called Self Talk. I’ll insult myself for an hour then open phone lines to a fitness coach & my mother-in-law.
— Ryan Lilly
Self leadership requires us to lead and motivate ourselves. But it looks a heck of a lot like schizophrenia during a ropes course.
— Ryan Lilly
When this low self-worth is hidden, one can understand why the person becomes hypersensitive to the opinions of others and has a great deal of difficulty accepting criticism no matter how warranted or gently said.
— David W. Earle
Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.
— J. Loren Norris
It is better to stay single and wait for the one that makes sense then to marry someone that makes absolutely no sense. The moment you settle is when the one person that makes all the sense in the world shows up and Satan sits back and enjoys your spiritual meltdown.
— Shannon L. Alder
Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse.
— Oliver Gaspirtz
God never uses one approach to the get his job done in the world. Each soul has its own way of being reached. He has put inside of each of us an unique song, that only another heart can hear clearly. To wish you were someone else robs another human being of the special blessings, talents and gifts God meant for you to share.
— Shannon L. Alder
I want to look into a mirror that will love my own reflection harder than I hate myself.
— Meggie Royer, Healing Old Wounds With New Stitches
There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.
— Harriet Lerner
Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident
— Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me
On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Self-love is often equated with self-esteem but when it makes you blind to your own faults and gives you an inflated ego, it is time to introspect.
— Balroop Singh
Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal.
— Julia A. Boyd, In the Company of My Sisters
When we place ourselves in a position of judgment, then we turn ourselves into oppressors. Healthy self-esteem cannot exist side-by-side with oppression of any kind.
— Julia A. Boyd, In the Company of My Sisters
Self confidence. Let's fight the demon that make us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.
— Daniel Vlcek
We tend to think that it’s up to others to respect our needs and fill them for us. But that doesn’t ever work, and for the following reason:If you have a hard time knowing what it is you really need, then how on earth can you logically expect someone else to know?
— Amanda Butterworth
Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays, First Series
Self confidence. Let's fight the demons that makes us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.
— Daniel Vlcek
Self-confidence. Let's fight the demon that makes you look smaller than you truly are.
— Daniel Vlcek
I will bless thee -His Beatitude is Your Beautification
— Ikechukwu Joseph, Divine Separations
Oh what a shame, if she thought any beauty that she has came from him. She didn't understand the beauty of her own skin.
— Jasmine Sandozz