Best 2428 quotes in «self esteem quotes» category

Be the winner in your life!

Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man.

Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion, the freedom and the joy of being uniquely you. It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.

Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands.

Brazilians need to work on their own national pride. I always think that they suffer from national low-self esteem. It's a lesser-developed country, and they have struggled so much. Sometimes they have an attitude that, if it's Brazilian, it can't be good.

Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.

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.

By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.

Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu of something better, but what I call their accruing ego identity gains real strength only from wholehearted and consistent recognition of real accomplishment, that is, achievement that has meaning in their culture.

Changing ideas is a strain not to be lightly incurred, particularly when these ideas are intimately related to one's self-esteem ... men have elaborated an explanation for their situation in life... Their rationales are endowed with moral qualities.

Cherish believes that God made her with a special purpose. Like any teenage girl, she has her insecurities, but for the most part she has a real healthy self-esteem.

Calculus destroys self-esteem on contact.

Cats invented self-esteem.

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem.

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.

Do not compare yourself to others. You have a unique destiny and mission that only you can accomplish.

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.

Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.

Don't workout because you think you 'need' to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions... Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you.

Everyone is walking around with these self doubts, so there's something reassuring about that. And self-doubt in one or a few areas doesn't mean that you have generally low self-esteem. And you have the power to get yourself out of feeling that way.

Education does loads of things for girls that wont surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

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

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.

Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.

Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

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

Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.

Fake titties are inversely proportioned to their owners level of self esteem. This being said, part of me loves them.

Fear of success is far more dangerous than fear of failure, because the subconscious mind works to prevent that which it fears. People may fear success because of low self-esteem and feeling of not deserving it; because it will increase what others expect of them. Fear of success shows up as anxiety, indecision, avoidance, procrastination or acceptance of mediocrity.

Feeling essentially superior to other people is as sure a sign of poor self-esteem as feeling essentially inferior.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.