Self Esteem Quotes

Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.

~ Ryan Lilly

The price you will offer yourself to the world, is how much they will buy you.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Just because your feet are on the ground, doesn't mean you weren't born to fly.

~ Justin Young

Each of us have been born with the potential for greatness. We are equals. That doesn't mean we are born into equal circumstances, or have equal skills. What we do have in common, though, is the ability to apply ourselves to achieving that which we desire.

~ Justin Young

Smile: Happiness Is Right Under Your Nose!

~ Mary Anne Puleio

We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth.

~ Kevin Solomons

There is no one more capable of helping you than yourself.

~ Gary Hopkins

And keep them thinking in terms of 'being good' as this is not an end so much as a means to something else —happiness, respect, self-esteem, etc… And whatever their true end is, take it away, and so goes their goodness.

~ Geoffrey Wood

No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.

~ Benjamin Hoff

It is very difficult to develop a proper sense of self-esteem in a dysfunctional family. Having very little self-worth, looking at one’s own character defects becomes so overwhelming there is no room for inward focus. People so afflicted think: “I need to keep you from knowing me. I have already rejected me, but if you knew how flawed I am, you would also reject me…and since this is all I have, I could not stand any more rejection. I am not worthy of someone understanding me so you will not get the chance...so I must judge, reject, attack, and/or find fault with you. I don’t accept me so how can I accept you?

~ David W. Earle

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

~ Abiola Abrams

There's great power in not fearing solitude. You don't allow yourself to be treated like crap because you're afraid of the alternative.

~ S. Usher Evans

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

~ Abiola Abrams

Dont try to be useful. Try to be yourself; that is enough, and that makes all the difference.

~ Paulo Coelho

This is what I find myself writing to myself on the page:I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long. I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it - I will love you through that, as well. If you don't need the medication, I will love you, too. There's nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Just be yourself -- it's the only way it can work.

~ Johnny Carson

How do you know if someone loves herself? No hairstyle, religion, or ethnicity has ownership of self-love or a greater propensity toward self-hatred. The best way to tell if a woman loves herself is by how she treats herself and others. She makes self-loving choices.

~ Abiola Abrams

People build defenses around a weakness, not around strength. Where self-esteem is strong, a defense is unnecessary.

~ David W. Earle

The perfect body protects its owner from disease, gives birth to amazing new people and stops your bones from falling out. The end.

~ Heather Hill

A woman in love with herself is magnetic.

~ Abiola Abrams

I’m creating a self help show called Self Talk. I’ll insult myself for an hour then open phone lines to a fitness coach & my mother-in-law.

~ Ryan Lilly

Self leadership requires us to lead and motivate ourselves. But it looks a heck of a lot like schizophrenia during a ropes course.

~ Ryan Lilly

When this low self-worth is hidden, one can understand why the person becomes hypersensitive to the opinions of others and has a great deal of difficulty accepting criticism no matter how warranted or gently said.

~ David W. Earle

Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.

~ J. Loren Norris

It is better to stay single and wait for the one that makes sense then to marry someone that makes absolutely no sense. The moment you settle is when the one person that makes all the sense in the world shows up and Satan sits back and enjoys your spiritual meltdown.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse.

~ Oliver Gaspirtz

God never uses one approach to the get his job done in the world. Each soul has its own way of being reached. He has put inside of each of us an unique song, that only another heart can hear clearly. To wish you were someone else robs another human being of the special blessings, talents and gifts God meant for you to share.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I want to look into a mirror that will love my own reflection harder than I hate myself.

~ Meggie Royer

There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.

~ Harriet Lerner

Things are changing, but this time I'm not afraid. This time I know who I am. This time I've made the right choice and fighting for the right team. I feel safe. Confident

~ Tahereh Mafi

Self-love is often equated with self-esteem but when it makes you blind to your own faults and gives you an inflated ego, it is time to introspect.

~ Balroop Singh

Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal.

~ Julia A. Boyd

When we place ourselves in a position of judgment, then we turn ourselves into oppressors. Healthy self-esteem cannot exist side-by-side with oppression of any kind.

~ Julia A. Boyd

Self confidence. Let's fight the demon that make us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.

~ Daniel Vlcek

We tend to think that it’s up to others to respect our needs and fill them for us. But that doesn’t ever work, and for the following reason:If you have a hard time knowing what it is you really need, then how on earth can you logically expect someone else to know?

~ Amanda Butterworth

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self confidence. Let's fight the demons that makes us look smaller than we truly are. Your dream is worth it.

~ Daniel Vlcek

Self-confidence. Let's fight the demon that makes you look smaller than you truly are.

~ Daniel Vlcek

I will bless thee -His Beatitude is Your Beautification

~ Ikechukwu Joseph

Oh what a shame, if she thought any beauty that she has came from him. She didn't understand the beauty of her own skin.

~ Jasmine Sandozz