Quotes about self-esteem

"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."

Mortman, Doris on self-esteem
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"He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on self-esteem
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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 on self-esteem
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"One is rated by others as he rates himself."

Proverb, French on self-esteem   

"Whatever good things we build end up building us."

Rohn, Jim on self-esteem
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"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on self-esteem   

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

Ruckett on self-esteem   

"Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed."

Scudder, Vida D. on self-esteem   

"No one can disgrace us but ourselves."

Shaw, Henry Wheeler on self-esteem   

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

Smith, Minnie on self-esteem
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"The greatest success, is successful self acceptance."

Sweet, Ben on self-esteem
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"Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves."

Thant, U. on self-esteem
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"The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image."

Tracy, Brian on self-esteem   

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

Tracy, Brian on self-esteem
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"We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives."

Tracy, Brian on self-esteem   

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

Twain, Mark on self-esteem   

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

Unknown, Source on self-esteem   

"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!"

Unknown, Source on self-esteem   

"Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate."

Unknown, Source on self-esteem
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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)."

Unknown, Source on self-esteem   

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

Waitley, Denis on self-esteem
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"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 on self-esteem   

"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

Whitman, Walt on self-esteem
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"All the extraordinary men I have known were extraordinary in their own estimation."

Wilson, Woodrow T. on self-esteem