Self Esteem Quotes - Page 40

You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self.

We can develop a social vaccine (Self-esteem). We can outgrow our past failures - our lives of crime and violence, alcohol and drug abuse, premature pregnancy, child abuse, chronic dependency on welfare, and education failure.

For our children, you want them to build their own self-esteem and their own self-confidence. For your own child. You don't want it to come from somebody else because, if it does, that same person can take it away. You want them to learn the grind.

Very rarely will I say nice things about myself because that'll only lead to self-esteem, but the podcast is something I'm really proud of and I think I'm putting out a great product.

Mirror that lies, mirror that lies, that can't be me in the gorilla disguise.

And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?

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.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

I care how I feel and it is my desire to feel good.

I am convinced that what has the greatest meaning for us is what we uncover for ourselves.

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

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.

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

Sometimes staying strong means not putting yourself in uncomfortable or triggering situations.

When in doubt, doubt the doubt!

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

The goal is to learn to be nurturing with yourself so you can feel free.

You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self esteem issues.

It’s hard to feel desire when you don’t feel desirable

Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.

The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure machine that grinds down dreams from generation to generation. We all bear the cost of keeping it running. Illiteracy is its linchpin.

Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls.

Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?