Motivational Quotes

Self-esteem

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

Best Quotes about Self-esteem

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

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Twain, Mark

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).

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

Waitley, Denis

Our value is the sum of our values.

Batten, Joe

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

Garrick, David

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

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

Smith, Minnie

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

Milton, John

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

Mcclung, Nellie

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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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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Alexander The Great

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

Jacobsen, Henry

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Kempis, Thomas

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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

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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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Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Tracy, Brian

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Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Rohn, Jim

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

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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One is rated by others as he rates himself.

Proverb, French

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

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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Hoffer, Eric

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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

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

Locke, John

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The greatest success, is successful self acceptance.

Sweet, Ben

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