Motivational Quotes

Self-esteem

I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others.

- Aurelius, Marcus

Best Quotes about Self-esteem

Acknowledgment -- If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do.

Jacobsen, Henry

Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.

Lincoln, Abraham

Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

Peck, M. Scott

Blessed are they who heal us of self-despising. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious.

White, William Hale

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

Locke, John

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.

Fowles, John

You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance.

Garrick, David

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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Hoffer, Eric

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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Alexander The Great

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I am as my creator made me and since He is satisfied, so am I.

Smith, Minnie

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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

Tracy, Brian

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Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.

Ruckett

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While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.

Heine, Heinrich

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We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

Tracy, Brian

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A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.

Freud, Sigmund

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He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Johnson

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Women who set a low value on themselves make life hard for all women.

Mcclung, Nellie

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A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.

Hilton, Alice Mary

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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Milton, John

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Our value is the sum of our values.

Batten, Joe

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A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.

La Bruyere, Jean De

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Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Rohn, Jim

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SELF-ESTEEM controls PERFORMANCE REALITY which stimulate SELF-TALK which reinforces SELF-ESTEEM. This cycle can work positively or negatively and is greatly influenced by the self-talk (I knew I wasn't good at -X vs. next time I'll practice and do better at -X).

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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

Branden, Nathaniel

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The greatest success, is successful self acceptance.

Sweet, Ben

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The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Tracy, Brian

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I'll always be number 1 to myself.

Malone, Moses

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You're not what you think you are; you're not what others think you are; you're what you think others think you are!

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We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

La Bruyere, Jean De

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In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.

Haddam, Jane

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The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

Twain, Mark

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I will give thanks to thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. [Psalms 139:14]

Bible

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To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Waitley, Denis

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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Gracian, Baltasar

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Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

Maltz, Maxwell

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I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others.

Aurelius, Marcus

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One is rated by others as he rates himself.

Proverb, French

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The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

Kempis, Thomas

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All the extraordinary men I have known were extraordinary in their own estimation.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo