Best Self Esteem Quotes

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

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.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

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.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

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

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

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

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

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

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

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

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

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

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

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

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

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

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

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.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.