Quotes about self-esteem
self-esteem eye men
Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it. Naomi Wolf
self-esteem body aging
At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition
self-esteem names iron
Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.
self-esteem age gold
'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
self-esteem perception discrimination
Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been, twice as good.
self-esteem social-values workplace
As soon as a woman's primary social value could no longer be defined as the attainment of virtuous domesticity, the beauty myth redefined it as the attainment of virtuous beauty. It did so to substitute both a new consumer imperative and a new justification for economic unfairness in the workplace where the old ones had lost their hold over newly liberated women.
self-esteem sight faces
Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
self-esteem stereotype constraints
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
self-esteem her-beauty today
The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty.
self-esteem men body
Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.
self-esteem hatred perception
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.
self-esteem real equality
Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.
self-esteem procrastination action
Action will destroy your procrastination. Og Mandino
self-esteem believe miracle
We are unhappy because we no longer have our self esteem. We are unhappy, because we no longer believe we are a special miracle, a special creation of God. We have lost faith in ourselves.
self-esteem vision higher
We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves. Orison Swett Marden
self-esteem heart eye
When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight. Michael Bridges
self-esteem self esteem
Self-esteem is not based on itself. Mason Cooley
self-esteem vogue vague
So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside. Mary Kay Ash
self-esteem lying self-confidence
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual. Mencius
self-esteem past forgiving
Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself. Melody Beattie
self-esteem people safe
We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what we did. It's okay to have problems. It's okay to talk about problems-at appropriate times, and with safe people. It's okay to solve problems. And we're okay, even when we have, or someone we love has a problem. We don't have to forfeit our personal power or our self-esteem. We have solved exactly the problems we've needed to solve to become who we are.
self-esteem self-worth levels
You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth. Marie Osmond
self-esteem soul should
Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul? Theodore Roethke
self-esteem people desire
If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image. John C. Maxwell
self-esteem important legs
Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.
self-esteem skinny too-short
We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks. Emma Stone
self-esteem creative littles
I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself. Neil Diamond
self-esteem healing soul
We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self. John Piper
self-esteem self-love acquaintance
It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself. John Steinbeck
self-esteem men evil
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the failure to esteem oneself. Self-abasement, not God-abasement, is the evil. And the cry of deliverance is not "O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me?" but "O worthy man that I am, would that I could only see it better"!
self-esteem biblical pride
It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my infinite worth. The biblical perspective is that the cross in a witness to the infinite worth of God's glory, and a witness to the immensity of the sin of my pride.
self-esteem self-pity narcotics
Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics. Sebastian Horsley
self-esteem thinking people
I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems. Sinead O'Connor