Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wayne Dyer

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.

There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead of belief, they're apt to be dismissed as some form of denial. This is not a common problem. Usually intellectualism, not feeling reality, is blamed for disbelief. But, some angel experts suggest, there may be emotional as well as intellectual barriers to belief: unwillingness to believe in angels can reflect low self-esteem.

Kofi Annan

The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. You don't hit a man on the head when you've got your fingers between his teeth.

Kelly Osbourne

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.

Katy Perry

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings

Sean William Scott

I wish I had more confidence.

Laurie David

The table is the number one place we pass on family stories and it's the knowledge of where your family came from that helps build self-esteem and resiliency in kids. When we stop having dinners, we stop passing on those stories. And, of course, when you make food at home you actually know what's in the food you are eating. It is the healthiest, greenest thing you can do!

Laurie Halse Anderson

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

Terry Tempest Williams

What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. I knew a man of simple habits and earnest character who never put out his hands nor opened his lips to court the public, and having survived several rotten reputations of younger men, honor came at last and sat down with him upon his private bench from which he had never stirred."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

Leonard Nimoy

There are studies that tell us that stress and lack of self-image, lack of self-esteem, severe dieting, binge dieting and binge eating can also be very damaging to a body and bring on various kinds of abnormalities.

Laura Schlessinger

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs but will wreak havoc with your self-esteem, respect from others, and quality of life.

Laura Schlessinger

A woman should always be more concerned with standing up for what is right than making sure everyone 'likes' her.

Marcus Aurelius

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.

Thomas a Kempis

The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

Roxane Gay

I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.

Robert Sternberg

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.

Walt Whitman

I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.

Tim Ferriss

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Tim Ferriss

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

Russell M. Nelson

The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.

Russell M. Nelson

Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.

Sam Keen

The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.

Susan Faludi

Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself as a grown-up.

Susan Cain

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

Tony Robbins

A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.

Simone de Beauvoir

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

Thomas Merton

There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.

Tony Dorsett

Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.