Top 100 Quotes About Your Self Esteem: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Your Self Esteem

#1. 10. Comparison is the root of all feelings of inferiority. The moment you begin examining other people's strengths against your most obvious weaknesses, your self-esteem starts to crumble!

James C. Dobson

#2. Often, it is such negative thoughts and negative self affirmations that cripple your self confidence. No one is to say how long it will take you to reclaim back your self-esteem but what remains constant, is that the journey towards that achievement must start now!

T. Whitmore

#3. I used to take it personally when a casting director didn't like me or I didn't get picked for something. Now I realize you can't do that. It'll mess with your self-esteem. Don't take rejection overly personally. If that doesn't work out, there's something else waiting for you.

Sierra McCormick

#4. Why would you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Helen Banham Carter

#5. You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth.

Marie Osmond

#6. It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.

Sheena Easton

#7. You can be cocky and confident, but when you start developing feelings for someone, suddenly your self-esteem drops a bit.

Russell Tovey

#8. What you wear don't make who you are but your self esteem makes what you wear royal

Akubuiro Chidera

#9. When you're connected to a source and to each other through conversation, through making love, through meditation, playing games with your kids, all that stuff, then your self-esteem's going to go up.

Jack Canfield

#10. Don't wait to receive until you feel worthy. Your self-esteem will go up as a result of receiving. ~Amanda Owen

Amanda Owen

#11. I understood cheating, understood the betrayal that you went through when you found out. Understood the lows that your self-esteem struggled with, the validation that you tried to find, the loneliness that haunted your nights as you mourned a future that, in an instant, disappeared.

Alessandra Torre

#12. Empowerment is something that happens throughout your healing, as courage and success in facing your memories build your self-esteem. Some of the strengths you get from taking on your buried memories does not show up in your life until long after the resolution has been achieved.

Renee Fredrickson

#13. I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine.

Clarence Thomas

#14. To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)

Steven Heighton

#15. Feed your self-esteem; not your ego!

Deborah Brodie

#16. If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.

Brian Tracy

#17. Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.

Bryant McGill

#18. When you trust and act on your intuition, you increase your self-esteem, build trust in yourself and experience a profound sense of security that no relationship or amount of money will ever give you.

Cheryl Richardson

#19. To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of a Daughter,' doesn't really do much for your self-esteem at all.

Kelly Osbourne

#20. Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

Harvey MacKay

#21. I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereotype where all pretty girls think they're unattractive, but modeling is the worst thing for your self-esteem, because you're never pretty enough, you're never thin enough.

Whitney Cummings

#22. Don't always think about being a subordinate, otherwise you would lose your self esteem and not succeed in society.

Saaif Alam

#23. Increasing your self-esteem is easy. Simply do good things and remember that you did them.

Roger Delano Hinkins

#24. Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.

Stacy London

#25. No one's ego is worth feeding if it means starving your self-esteem.

Auliq Ice

#26. It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.

Keith Anderson

#27. Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

Barbara Sher

#28. You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious to people that you are ill, they treat you as if you're a pain in the ass, then you beat yourself up and you are already beating yourself up as a part of mental illness.

Sinead O'Connor

#29. Empowered Women 101: If he has to destroy other people to raise your self esteem and level of trust then he is not a son of God and guess what your not a daughter of God for letting him do it.

Shannon L. Alder

#30. Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.

Wesley Clark

#31. The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

Earl Nightingale

#32. Talking about your hair becomes a framework for talking about your vanity, your self-esteem, your relationships with your family, your mortality.

Elizabeth Benedict

#33. Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

Shania Twain

#34. Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

Imran Khan

#35. MISERABLE

Release the toxic and infectious-
Spreaders of misery,
Souls destroying souls-
And poisonous liars.

Awaken from the hallucinations-
And take back your heart.
Reclaim your self-esteem-
And leave the toxic be.

Giorge Leedy

#36. Your self-esteem has never been hurt before, right? Don't be so full of yourself then.

Kim A-joong

#37. When you strengthen your self-esteem, there is no room for jealousy.

Harold H. Bloomfield

#38. I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.

Jackie Earle Haley

#39. Claritypoint: You are the one responsible for your self-esteem. You are the one who must choose to value yourself accurately.-

Kimberly Giles

#40. The poorer your self-esteem and the lower your self-confidence, the more easily negative feelings can overwhelm ordinary good sense.

Julian Short

#41. You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.

Dorianne Laux

#42. Your self esteem is like a notch below Kafka's.

Woody Allen

#43. The lower your self-esteem, the more apt you are to believe that someone else holds the key to your happiness.

Helen Hemphill

#44. Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)!

Mika.

#45. If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

Nathaniel Branden

#46. Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka.

Woody Allen

#47. Other people's opinion have no impact on your self esteem unless you allow it.

Kishore Bansal

#48. When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

Greg Louganis

#49. Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility!

Mark Donnelly

#50. If you praise others you are considered a nice person, but if you praise yourself you are arrogant or nonreligious! What a society, eh? No wonder your self-esteem is low.

Maddy Malhotra

#51. Your self-esteem is determined by how much you keep to the promises given to yourself.

Sunday Adelaja

#52. If you spend your energy condemning and judging the people who mistreat you it puts you in a condemning and judging mindset, which subconsciously makes you feel condemned and judged too. The more judgmental you are, the worse your self-esteem will be.

Kimberly Giles

#53. Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

Karen Salmansohn

#54. I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.

Shelley Long

#55. Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn, and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

Jack Canfield

#56. Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

Harvey MacKay

#57. Of course gratitude should be expressed ... But that does not mean to kill your self-esteem.

Deepika Muthusamy

#58. Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Laura Schlessinger

#59. Having a good belief system in yourself is so important for success and can help you in many ways. First thing a belief system accomplishes is that it builds your self-esteem. Knowledge

Brent R

#60. Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being a recovered bulimic."

P. J. O'Rourke

#61. When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist. So why can't we feels the same way about beauty?

Ted Chiang

#62. When it comes to your self-esteem, it is best not to value the opinions of deluded psychopaths.

Rosen Trevithick

#63. Bemoan technology all you want. It expands your self-esteem and connects you in your well-pressed suit to the things that slip through the world otherwise unperceived.

Don DeLillo

#64. Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.

Stephen Covey

#65. There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline yourself to follow through on your promises to yourself, your self-esteem goes up. Persistence is self-discipline in action. Self-discipline is the foundation of self-confidence .

Brian Tracy

#66. How would your life change if your self-esteem improved?

Caroline Myss

#67. Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

Helena Bonham Carter

#68. It's important that you don't continue to ignore or accept rages. Realize that extreme rage directed at you or your children is verbal and emotional abuse. Even if you think you can handle it, over time it can erode your self-esteem and poison the relationship. Seek support immediately.

Randi Kreger

#69. Your choices have psychological consequences. The way you choose to deal with reality, truth, facts - your choice to honor or dishonor your own perceptions - registers in your mind, for good or for bad, and either confirms and strengthens your self-esteem or undermines and weakens it.

Nathaniel Branden

#70. Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you.

Denis Dutton

#71. I am trying to inspire people to just take control of their oral health, because if we don't take care of our oral health, it affects so many different aspects of our lives. If your smile and mouth is not together, it affects your relationship, your self-esteem, your health.

Sherri Shepherd

#72. Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about.

Karen Salmansohn

#73. It doesn't do my self-esteem much good though, does it?'

'Your self-esteem has had a lifetime of steady attention,' said Philippa abstractedly.

Dorothy Dunnett

#74. Forgive me, Bertrand, for having on that day loved in you a beauty in which your self-esteem could take no pride, which could not in any way determine my affection.

Marcel Proust

#75. Every time you encounter something that forces you to "handle it," your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.

Susan Jeffers

#76. Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.

Kurt Cobain

#77. Raise your self-esteem to such a level that you only allow loving experiences in your life. Don't waste time trying to get even. It doesn't work. What we give out always comes back to us. So lets drop the past and work on loving ourselves in the now. Then we will have a wonderful future.

Auliq Ice

#78. Intrapersonal communication is a reflection of your self-esteem.

Asa Don Brown

#79. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Bill Gates

#80. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.

Brian Tracy

#81. A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Vera Nazarian

#82. You possess a divine strength to fulfill your dream.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#83. Always remember, no matter how big you get in life, God is still bigger; when you feel to be at your lowest point, Satan is still at the bottom.

Anthony Liccione

#84. Let the radiance of light be your guide.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#85. Happiness is being at home your own skin and being able to occupy your life.

Lisa Cypers Kamen

#86. To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.

Roopleen

#87. If you want to save capitalism there is only one type of argument that you should adopt, the only one that has ever won in any moral issue: the argument from self-esteem. Check your premises, convince yourself of the rightness of your cause, then fight for capitalism with full, moral certainty.

Ayn Rand

#88. If you believe that you can use sex to shore up your fragile self-esteem by stealing someone else's, we feel sorry for you, because this will never work to build a solid sense of self worth, and you will have to go on stealing more and more and never getting fulfilled.

Dossie Easton

#89. Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life.

Amit Ray

#90. Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.

Nathaniel Branden

#91. The opposite of self-assertiveness is self-abnegation
abandoning or submerging your personal values, judgment, and interests. Some people tell themselves this is a virtue. It is a "virtue" that corrodes self-esteem.

Nathaniel Branden