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Best Self Esteem Quotes
So many comics have such low self-esteem. Debra Wilson
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud ‘I am lucky to be what I am.’ Dr. Seuss
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale
You are not your mistakes. They are what you did. Not who you are. Lisa Lieberman-Wang
Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine. Sarah Dessen
If we are going to build self-esteem, we must get committed to our promises to ourselves and to others. David DeNotaris
You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. Diane Von Furstenberg
Much of your self-esteem doesn’t come from what happens to you on a given day or what somebody says, but what you know about yourself on the inside. Dr. Judy Ho
I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of mind, my grandiosity, the low self-esteem. I wrote down the funny stuff I overheard. I learned to be like a ship’s rat, veined ears trembling, and I learned to scribble it all down. Anne Lamott
Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Laura Schlessinger
Girls’ inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. Elizabeth Berkley
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. Diane Arbus
With confidence, you have won before you have started. Marcus Garvey
You can be anything you want to be; all you have to do is believe. Jovantae D
If you don’t love yourself it’s tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness. Karen Salmansohn
The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure machine that grinds down dreams from generation to generation. We all bear the cost of keeping it running. Illiteracy is its linchpin. Carl Sagan
I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin’ on the Double E. But the train don’t run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me. Warren Zevon
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel
Remember: If someone’s trying to pull you down that means they’re already beneath you. Karen Salmansohn
Everyone one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves. Diana, Princess of Wales
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not to be assertive. And that, in turn, then leads to low self-esteem, which can lead to eating disorders and increased tolerance and acceptance of domestic, sexual, and substance abuse.” You get all that from a pink Onesie?” Leah said after a moment. Sarah Dessen
You know, I’ll always be your slave ’til I’m buried, buried in my grave. Sam Cooke
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington
I never loved another person the way I loved myself. Mae West
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself. Harvey Fierstein
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression. Theodore Kaczynski
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh
Though you treat me badly, I love you madly. Smokey Robinson
I didn’t want to go down any scarier path of low self-esteem than I was already on the track for. So during my second year of college I was like, ‘I’m over it! I have to go see what this other thing called life is about! Anna Chlumsky
Do things that make you feel good: mind, body, and soul. Robyn Conley Downs
I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody. Louis L’Amour
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. Laozi
The one that rambles for a million miles, yes, I walk down this road searching for your love. Jimi Hendrix
Yes I think I’m okay, walked into the door again. Suzanne Vega
I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem. Kanye West
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. Robert Hand
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
The road to nowhere leads to me. Ozzy Osbourne
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. Mahatama Gandhi
These positive be yourself quotes will inspire positivity and good, happy feelings.
Famous Self Esteem Quotes
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James
You don’t have to be the prettiest girl in the room for every guy to want you and every girl to want to be you. Nichole W
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Jack Canfield
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde
Accepting yourself only as long as you look a certain way isn’t self love, it’s self destruction. Laci Green
When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants. Shannon L. Alder
Sometimes people with low self-esteem will try to punish you for caring about them. Wayne Gerard Trotman
The right mental attitude will guide you towards feeling a sense of love that you deserve to experience. Anonymous
I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to … you have to laugh, especially at yourself. Madonna
Make happiness your priority and be gentle with yourself in the process. Bronnie Ware
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. Anthony Trollope
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember that this is YOUR LIFE, and nothing is more important than YOU. Miya Yamanouchi
How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you. Rupi Kaur
The fact is that self-esteem and your circumstances are only indirectly related. There is another intervening factor that determines self-esteem percent of the time: your thoughts. Matthew McKay
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. Rumi
Just remember, there are no quick fixes. But, by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline. Scott Allan
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face … we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt
Life tried to crush her, but only succeeded in creating a diamond. John Mark Green
One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else’s expectations of what you should be. You try to fill someone else’s (or your own) prescription of perfection, instead of being yourself and embracing your originality. Robin Meade
With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world. The Dalai Lama
I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, ‘How I can I compete with that?’ Being a regular black girl wasn’t good enough. Lil’ Kim
You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody. Dr. Maya Angelou
I get literally a physical sensation of low self-esteem that is a result of not engaging the world and getting comfortable that way. Judd Apatow
Talk to yourself like someone you love. Brene Brown
I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem. Julie Bowen
If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they’ll always say low self-esteem and lack of confidence. It will take time. But the difference between the first girls from Ladakh who became nuns, to the girls we have now, is very encouraging. Tenzin Palmo
To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. Robert Morely
Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself. Teresa Mummert
I just want you inside, baby, we don’t need to talk about promises. Janet Jackson
When you have high self-esteem, you are not dependent on others to feel happy. You believe in yourself and you believe in your values more than anything. Angel Graff
I wish I could make everyone understand how important this statement is: go where you are wanted. S. McNutt
Sometimes the best thing you can do is stand in the rain and not care how wet your clothes get. Sarah R
Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. M. Scott Peck
No matter how fast I run, I can’t get away from me. Jackson Browne
Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. Iyanla Vanzant
You can’t live your life for other people. You have to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. Lady Unique
Be yourself, you’re already fully equipped to succeed at that. Rob Liano
My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school. Elinor Lipman
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie
I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me to have a loss of self-esteem when I first became aware of society’s attitudes about homosexuality. Aaron Fricke
If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. Dr. Maya Angelou
Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success. Dan Pena
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. Eleanor Roosevelt
Sometimes the most important person to know is yourself. Philip Ai
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. Cicero
I think if you exercise, your state of mind – my state of mind – is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem. Stone Gossard
When you say ‘yes’ to others make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself. Paulo Coelho
Taking the time to look to uplifting spiritual awakening quotes can help keep the flame of positivity burning bright within your life.
Powerful Self Esteem Quotes
I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem. Roxane Gay
I had low self-esteem. Jennifer O’Neill
You can’t let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that’s what it is – self-esteem. Winnie Harlow
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anne Freud
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. Benjamin Spock
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Paul Tournier
You don’t have to say you love me, just be close at hand. You don’t have to stay forever, I will understand. Dusty Springfield
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. Laurie Halse Anderson
I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me. Brigitte Nicole
Proud to steal her anything she sees, but you will wind up peeking through her keyhole down upon your knees. Bob Dylan
Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, ‘I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to cut others down.’ Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy. Pope Francis
Snot is running down his nose, greasy fingers, smearing shabby clothes. Jethro Tull
Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers. Mignon McLaughlin
The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that which we have in others. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. Fred Rogers
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done. Robert Downey Jr.
Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem. Alison Lurie
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself. Anthony Trollope
Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. Dr. Roopleen
When I get the strength to leave, you always tell me that you need me. And I’m weak cause I believe you and I’m mad because I love you. So I stop and think that maybe you could learn to appreciate me, and it all remains the same that you ain’t never gonna change. Ashanti
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. Ayn Rand
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” -Lillian Hellman
Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being. Elvis Costello
Unconditional self love is all the really matters in life. It’s where real life begins. Anonymous
Won’t someone please answer my prayers before I’m old and gray. I’ve been lonely too long and all my family thinks I’m gay. Rod Stewart
To make a difference in anyone else’s life you must first make a difference in your own. Start small; you’ll never believe the things you can accomplish. Carol Ann W
Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag? Ray Davies
Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone. Janis Ian
Good! Hang in there! It’s normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it’s a sign of intelligence (but don’t let that go to your head haha) Patrick Stump
You have no control over other people’s taste, so focus on staying true to your own. Tim Gunn
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
You’ve been criticising yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. Louise Hay
At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. Steve Maraboli
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. e. e. cummings
To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence. Roy T. Bennett
The joke that you laid in the bed that was me. Alanis Morissette
I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn’t have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people – especially kids my own age – made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing. Ernest Cline
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. Madonna
Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can’t self-determine without understanding money and capitalism. John Hope Bryant
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. Frederick Salomon Perls
She will rise. With a spine of steel and a roar like thunder, she will rise. Nicole Lyons
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? Brigham Young
You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it. Robert Anthony
I’m doing it for me. Unknown
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. Bruce Barton
I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you’re not the best, so you should work a little harder. Jay Leno
Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept. Anna Taylor
Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered–just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better. Barrie Davenport
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain
If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore. Michele Ruiz
There are so many more important things to worry about than how you’re perceived by strangers. Dennis Lehane
Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it. Tina Fey
There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. Nathaniel Branden
At the right time, positive beautiful soul quotes can change things because beautiful words matter.
Motivational Self Esteem Quotes
The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. Swati Sharma
You are you, no one else is you, you are the right you, and the right you, is the you that you love. Ya’ira Somerville
The more you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you like discovering yourself. James Hilton
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Fashion is my way to express how much I love myself. Laura Brunereau
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable! Angelina Jolie
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. William Gibson
If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place. Criss Jami
It’s been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self-esteem. It’s the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self-loathing. Gary Oldman
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller
One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself. Shannon L. Alder
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louise May Alcott
Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always. Maryam Hasnaa
Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it. Stephen Covey
Accept who you are; and revel in it. Mitch Albom
If you have the ability to love, love yourself first. Charles Bukowski
I hate when counselors and teachers blame everything on low self-esteem in teens. Some of us actually have self-esteem, believe it or not. And when we make mistakes, it’s not because of a defect in our psyche. We screw up just because. Niki Burnham
The world has slowed so you can rediscover yourself. Unknown
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Arthur Ashe
Bring the sun over my heart, I want to bloom. Alexandra Vasiliu
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Bernard Baruch
Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Shannon L. Alder
Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. Thaddeus Golas
When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t. Jodi Picoult
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Paulo Coelho
Never let success get to your head; never let failures get to your heart. Ziad K. Abdelnour
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked. In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted. Cause I love to be loved. Peter Gabriel
I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem. Shelley Long
I have really low self-esteem, and it’s not easy for me to put myself on an album cover. Bradford Cox
Don’t measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated. Charlie Mackesy
We only value ourselves as others value us, for it might be said that we hold ourselves in trust for others. Charles Palliser
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin
I am the assasin of my dreams. Henry Rollins
Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them. T. Harv Eker
You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose. Lou Holtz
Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful. Mark Victor Hansen
Now all that’s left of me, is what I pretend to be. So together, but so broken up inside. Kelly Clarkson
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Most people with low self-esteem have earned it. George Carlin
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley
Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it’s also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself. Elliot Aronson
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. Maxwell Maltz
At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that. Amit Ray
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison
Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball
You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. Chris Evert
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. Zig Ziglar
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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
What you think to be the end may actually be a great beginning to a bright future. So, don’t conclude the end and live your part boldly. Saranya P.M.
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath
Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of something … hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. Roger Staubach
True self-care is not bath salts and chocolate cake, it’s making the choice to build a life you don’t need to escape from. Brianna Wiest
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. Helen Keller
Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
Nobody told me you were cheating, it’s just a feeling I had. So if I’m right, you got to lie to me, then I won’t feel so bad. Brook Benton
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I don’t take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. James Taylor
There’s a danger in loving somebody too much, and it’s sad when you know it’s your heart you can’t trust. Patty Smyth
‘Cause black is how I feel on the inside. Steven Morrissey
Always be yourself–express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee
The real difficulty in self love is combating the inner critic who goes against our own wishes by challenging our own beliefs. You know you’re worthy of love, but the critic keeps reminding you of the past pain that you can’t let go of. Anonymous
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey
People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you’ve figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Jack Canfield
Seek to be whole, not perfect. Oprah
If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator. Tim Fargo
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. Sally Field
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. Norman Vincent Peale