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Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.

A man of independent judgment is a man of profound self-esteem.

An extremely important part of our work toward emotional growth and change will come from examining our belief systems regarding all areas of life. To gain the courage to be yourself, you need to address the beliefs that are keeping you stuck where you are. What beliefs, assumptions, and attitudes are you holding onto even though they no longer enhance your life? It is possible to free yourself from worn-out beliefs and acquire ones that bring happiness, strength, and self-esteem. What we believe we may become.

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

As with the bud, so with the blossom. A boy is the only thing known from which a man can be made. I hope that we as parents are teaching our children that they are the sons and daughters of God, and that they have the capacity to become like him. It was the old Edinburgh weaver who prayed, 'O God, help me to hold a high opinion of myself.' Likewise I would counsel young people to hold a high opinion of themselves, to remember who they really are, and to put their faith in their Heavenly Father.

As we open our hearts to others, we begin to discover the truth of our own inner beauty, inner strength and inner light.

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.

At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.

Back to my childhood where those monsters reside. They snack on innocence and dine on self esteem.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.

Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

Because when the Creator of matter, tell you you matter, then you have a purpose and then you have self-esteem.

Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

Be aware of your infinite connection to your source. Know that you're more than an encapsulated collection of bones, blood and organs in a skin and hair covered body.

Be the winner in your life!

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

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

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cats invented self-esteem.

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

Calculus destroys self-esteem on contact.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

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

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

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

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.

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

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