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Physical strength, good looks, fitness, and external appearance. Many feel a diminished sense of self-worth because they perceive their body as ugly or imperfect. In some cases, the -- Eckhart Tolle

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

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation. -- Abraham H. Maslow

Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy. -- Wayne Dyer

Self-esteem is an essential psychological need - no one can live with the conviction that they are fundamentally no good, so people who lack the real thing attempt to fake it. -- Edwin A. Locke

the proof of an achieved self-esteem is your soul's shudder of contempt and rebellion against the role of a sacrificial animal, against the vile impertinence of any creed that proposes to immolate the irreplaceable value which is your consciousness and the incomparable glory which is your existence -- Ayn Rand

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you. -- Gloria Gaynor

Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others. -- Denis Waitley

The path to self-esteem lies in getting over yourself. There is nothing to esteem about our smaller dramas; it's our commitment to something beyond ourselves that is truly estimable to ourself and others. -- Marianne Williamson

Positive mindset leads to positive self esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

humble self- confidence. -- Patrick Lencioni

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and
approval. -- Wayne Dyer

Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body. -- Maxwell Maltz

Healthy self esteem is paying attention to how others make us feel, and then choosing those with whom we spend time. -- Catherine Cardinal

A realization of the universal lack of self-confidence strengthens one's own. -- Anonymous

The best way to achieve self-esteem is to do something worthy of esteem. -- Todd G. Buchholz

You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice. -- David D. Burns

Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility! -- Mark Donnelly

Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth. -- Amity Gaige

Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with themselves. -- Nathaniel Branden

Self worth cannot be verfied by others -- Wayne Dyer

Self esteem is not the same as being self centered, self absorbed or selfish. Self esteem is also not complacency or overconfidence, both of which and set us up for failure. Self esteem is a strong motivator to work hard. Self esteem is related to mental health and happiness. -- Glenn R. Schiraldi

When you lack self-esteem, people you encounter can feel it like an invisible barrier separating them from you; conversely, confidence helps people to feel connected to you. -- Sam Owen

Allport suggested that self-esteem can often be a goal in itself: "most people want to be higher on the status ladder than they are" (p. 371). However, self-enhancement can be based in avoidance as well as approach motives. Insecurity -- Anonymous

As most of us know, the proper attitude toward ourselves is called "good self-esteem." But self-esteem is
an art. An art of balance. A balance between thinking too little of ourselves, and thinking too much of
ourselves.
The name for thinking too much of ourselves is "egotism. -- Richard N. Bolles

With women, the way they look ... it's the core of their self-esteem. -- Nia Peeples

The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose. -- Marianne Williamson

Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good. -- Louis Zamperini

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues. -- Abraham Maslow

Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it. -- Denis Waitley

Self-confidence comes with self-awareness. -- Deepak Burfiwala

It's so important to break the pattern of looking outside ourselves for self-esteem. -- Sue Patton Thoele

Healthy respect for yourself. -- Rhonda Byrne

Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. -- Nathaniel Branden

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description. -- Nicolle Wallace

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

For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life. -- Meghan Daum

Self-respect is nothing but self-confidence. -- Debasish Mridha

Self-esteem does not mean feeling good all the time. Self-esteem means loving yourself even when you feel badly ... even when you make a mistake. It means loving yourself even when you're depressed. It means that you accept yourself fully. -- Jack Canfield

Self worth can only be measured by you, set the bar high -- L.j. Vanier

I think self-esteem comes from work. -- Anthony Scaramucci

People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers. -- Rick Pitino

Self-esteem is mostly self-delusion, but it serves a purpose. You are biologically driven to think highly of yourself in order to avoid stagnation. If you were to stop and truly examine your faults and failures, you would become paralyzed by fear and doubt. -- David Mcraney

Intrapersonal communication is a reflection of your self-esteem. -- Asa Don Brown

Self-esteem is a huge piece of my work. You have to believe it's possible and believe in yourself. Because after you've decided what you want, you have to believe it's possible, and possible for you, not just for other people. Then you need to seek out models, mentors, and coaches. -- Jack Canfield

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

Great soul, great self-esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

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

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. -- Nathaniel Branden

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

Self-confidence is a reflection of love for your self. -- Julianne Peyo

The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk. -- Denis Waitley

Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place. -- Dennis Miller

Great self esteem comes from inside and feels hot and wonderful. -- Emme

I've suffered from low self-esteem. -- Ken Kercheval

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life. -- Julia Alvarez

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise. -- Condoleezza Rice

How you are seen by others becomes the mirror that tells you what you are like and who you are. The ego's sense of self-worth is in most cases bound up with the worth you have in the eyes of others. -- Eckhart Tolle

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. -- Maxwell Maltz

For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by questions about our self-worth. As a consequence, we continually attempt to prove to ourselves and others that we are okay people, credible, trustworthy, and competent. -- Robert D. Hare

People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others' needs more highly than their own. -- Auliq Ice

Why building self esteem?. The benefits of having self esteem are numerous. Self esteem is strongly associated with happiness, psychological resilience, and a motivating to live a productive and healthy life. -- Glenn R. Schiraldi

How few young men realize that their success in life depends more upon what they are than upon what they know. It is self-esteem that has brought the race this far. -- Charles Wesley

Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives. -- Dan Millman

Conscience: self-esteem with a halo. -- Irving Layton

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy. -- Gloria Steinem

Kids esteem themselves when they have accomplished something worth esteeming. -- Fred Reed

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up. -- Tyra Banks

Self-esteem is such a challenging issue for young women. -- Kimberly Elise

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. -- T.d. Jakes

True self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around. -- Susan Cain

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it. -- Hartman Rector Jr.

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour. -- David Levithan

A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations. -- Robert Ringer

With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. So our self-esteem in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do. It is determined by the ratio of our actualities to our supposed potentialities. -- Alain De Botton

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. -- Clayton Christensen

Self-respect is the best of all. -- Hosea Ballou

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

We doubt ourselves. It's not about lowering the self-esteem. It's about increasing the self-confidence by letting the risk factor do its part -- Bhavik Sarkhedi

Hold yourself in great esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get. -- Meghan Daum

Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it teaches people unconditional self-acceptance. -- Albert Ellis

With strong self-esteem you can climb any mountain and weather any storm. -- Joanne Madeline Moore

What generates self-confidence? "Success generates self-confidence -- Atul Sharma

Our success at friendship, business, sports, love
indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt
is largely determined by our self-image. People who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness. -- Alan Loy Mcginnis

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. -- Eric Hoffer

The greatest self is self confident. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

Positive thoughts, positive self-image. -- Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-respect
I honor and love myself through my beautiful actions. -- Doreen Virtue

There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem -- Alfred Lunt

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow. -- Kathy Ireland

If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem. -- Ezra Taft Benson

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted. -- Martin Seligman

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. -- Randy Pausch

When our identities are tethered to externals, our sense of self-worth is always in danger. In the end, we become hypersensitive, insecure, and discontent, always comparing ourselves to the next parent, the next young professional, the next pastor across town. But -- David Hickman

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. -- Joe Clark

The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate self-awareness is honest acknowledgment of the existence of hidden emotions, motives and tendencies in the mind without immediately suppressing them. -- Bhikkhu Analayo

When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too. -- Jake Steinfeld

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

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. -- George V. Higgins