Self Esteem Quotes

At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey.

~ Steve Maraboli

I have known friendship love, parental love, romantic love, family love and unrequited love in my life time, but the only love that made a difference was self love. You don't need confirmation from the world or another person that you matter. You simply do matter. When you finally believe that truth and live it then you can do amazing things with your life!

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap.

~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more.

~ Charles Fox

What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.

~ Sarah Dessen

Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving.

~ Lev Grossman

I’m nothing great. But I’m a rose… I’m a rose whether I’m admired or not, I’m a rose whether anyone’s crazy about me or not… Like I said, nothing great. Just a rose… But, do you know what it means to be a rose, my friend? Being a rose means ‘freedom.’ It means not existing by the praises of Others or not ceasing to exist by their disapproval.

~ Serdar Özkan

People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.

~ Stephen R. Covey

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

~ Nathaniel Branden

If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong

~ Gordon Livingston

I’d learned to avoid mirrors. They never seemed to show me what I wanted to see.

~ Leigh Bardugo

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

~ Nathaniel Branden

The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I exist as I am, that is enough,If no other in the world be aware I sit content,And if each and all be aware I sit content.One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself.

~ Walt Whitman

Unrequited love is the only emotion that allows sane people to taste the “life sentence” of someone with bipolar disorder. The longer they hang onto a lost cause the more unstable they look to everyone else. They contradict their own belief systems and statements, by circling the drain with two competing emotions—love and hate.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I am bigger than the box I'm in.

~ Rachel Cohn

Good for you and be proud of yourself because you have your priorities in order. Be proud of yourself if you are responsible, reliable, persistent, and take your job and education seriously.

~ Ana Monnar

Okay listen, you think I'm so inconsequential? Then try this on for size. All those who see unworthiness when they look at me and are given thereby to denying me value - to you I say, I'm not talking about being AS GOOD as you. I hereby declare myself BETTER than you.

~ Sidney Poitier

In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

~ Flannery O'connor

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

~ Martha Gellhorn

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own.

~ Koushun Takami

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

~ Janette Rallison

As you become more aligned with the truth of who you are, the question of liking yourself goes away. It is a natural state of being.

~ Rachel Archelaus

Be real. Embrace that you have weakness. Because everyone does. Embrace that your body is not perfect. Because nobody’s is. Embrace that you have things you can’t control. We all have a list of them.

~ Dan Pearce

When I loved myself enough, I no longer needed things or people to make me feel safe.

~ Kim Mcmillen

Our choices in life are made according to our sense of our own worth.

~ Kaylan Pickford

Believe in yourself and the world will follow suit.

~ Tadahiko Nagao

Your value is in your individuality.

~ Dorla Rudd Jenkins

If you care about what people think about you, you will end up being their slave. Reject and pull your own rope.

~ Auliq Ice

The articles were extremely eye-opening. Not just in Teen Vogue but in Seventeen and CosmoGirl as well. They were all about being yourself, staying natural, loving your body as is, and going green! The messages were the exact opposite of Vik and Viv's.Hmmmmm. Frankie turned to face the full-length mirror that was up against the yellow wardrobe. She opened her robe and examined her body. Fit, muscular, and exquisitely proportioned, she agreed with the magazines. So what if her skin was mint? Or her limbs were attached with seams? According to the magazines, which were - no offense! - way more in touch with the times than her parents were, she was suppose to love her body just the way it was. And she did! Therefor if the normies read magazines (which obviously they did, because they were in them), then they would love her, too. Natural was in.Besides she was Daddy's perfect little girl. And who didn't love perfect?

~ Lisi Harrison

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.

~ Christopher Hitchens

Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.

~ Rob Liano

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

~ Judith Martin

Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.

~ Albert Borris

How can you get through to yourself?

~ Alexandra Katehakis

Endow yourself with healthy self-esteem. What is the feeling tone in your life that radiates in you and makes you shine, that makes you feel whole, that makes you feel your heart? That feeling tone, which we long to hear from others, is the tone we want to practice with ourselves. That’s where we want to live with ourselves. It doesn’t happen from the outside in. That’s why it’s called self-esteem.

~ Alexandra Katehakis

The desire to be cool is—ultimately—the desire to be rescued.

~ Chuck Klosterman

When you express purity which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

~ Tae Yun Kim

You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.

~ Sanaya Roman

It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are. (413)

~ Victoria Moran