Browsing Topic Best Esteem Quotes

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

I should esteem it a privilege to set you an example as to how mankind ought to treat each other. I am your fellow-man, but not your slave.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

I wish I could show you…the astonishing light of your own being.

Riches I need not, nor man’s empty praise.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Self-care isn’t selfish. It’s self-esteem.

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests.

Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.

We don’t realise that we are actually perfect just the way we are. We are born perfect, but spend a lifetime trying to be something we are not, and then feel inadequate for failing. Your only purpose is to BE YOURSELF, otherwise you will deprive the universe of who you came here to be.

I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The lower our self-esteem, the more we’re attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think… The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If I had my child to raise all over again,I’d finger paint more, and point the finger less.I’d do less correcting, and more connecting.I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.I’d run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I’d do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I’d build self esteem first, and the house later.I’d teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

Self-esteem is an inner feeling: Sometimes it corresponds with outer reality, and sometimes it doesn’t.

Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness.

So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?

The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.