Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

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

Alanis Morissette

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

Alan Watts

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

David D. Burns

Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again.

David D. Burns

You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.

David D. Burns

If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.

David Suchet

I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from my television public. There's still a part of me that wishes that my character range could be seen on the big screen. Rather, as Rod Steiger was, because he was a big influence on me - about becoming other people and not worrying about your own glory or self esteem but sacrificing yourself to become somebody else.

Byron Katie

Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.

John Petit-Senn

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

Charles Peguy

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

Carl Sandburg

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

Joseph Joubert

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Michel de Montaigne

We have power over nothing except our will.

Oscar Wilde

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

Thomas Fuller

Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves.

Demi Lovato

You don't owe anybody the present other than yourself. Take time for you. Respect yourself and your privacy. Set boundaries.

Kelli O'Hara

You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself.

Paulo Coelho

You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.

Prince

There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given.

Pythagoras

Above all things, respect yourself.

Pythagoras

Above all have respect for yourself.

Patti LaBelle

Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself.