Self Esteem Quotes - Page 22

• The idols of today are unmistakable -
  self-esteem without achievement,
  sex without consequences,
  wealth without responsibility,
  pleasure without struggle and
  experience without commitment.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Sex, Struggle, Commitment

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• Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha)

  Patrick Stump

  Haha, Normal, Lows

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• The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Ideas, Patterns, Worship

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1968). “Commentaries on Living: From the Notebooks of J. Krishnamurti”

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• If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

  Mark Twain

  Humorous, Compliments You, Pay

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• Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, Motivation, Powerful

  John P. Kotter (1999). “John P. Kotter on what Leaders Really Do”, p.60, Harvard Business Press

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• Skill to do comes of doing.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Educational, Learning, Positive Attitude

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.162, Harvard University Press

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• If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Life, Self Confidence

  Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Real Moments for Lovers: The Enlightened Guide for Discovering Total Passion and True Intimacy”, p.20, Dell

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• Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

  Jessica Simpson

  Parenting, Trying, Path

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• Own the room. Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy. Giving confidence to others will come back to you and you'll end up feeling better about yourself.

  Marian Seldes

  Inspirational, Feel Better, People

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• Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

  William Gibson

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

  Axel Munthe

  Respect, Attitude, Men

  Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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• In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

  Jane Haddam

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

  Theodore Parker

  Respect, Individuality, Sacredness

  Theodore Parker (1853). “Two Sermons Preached Before the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society in Boston: On the 14th and 21st of November, 1852, on Leaving Their Old and Entering a New Place of Worship”, p.58

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• Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

  John Herschel

  Inspirational, Respect, Virtue

  "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2003.

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• When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

  Eda LeShan

  Single, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Life, Strength, Sad

  Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance

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• In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

  Carl Icahn

  Business, Mistake, Two

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• Be the person your dog thinks you are.

  John W. Stephens

  Inspirational, Life, Dog

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• Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

  Herbert Otto Gille

  Life, Change, Learning

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• By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

  Edwin Bailey Elliott

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

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• There is so much love in your heart that you could heal the planet.

  Louise Hay

  Heart, Planets, Heal

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• You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

  Herbie Hancock

  Self Respect, Meaning Of Life, Tables

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• Two things were falling apart, my personal life, my professional life. And I realized that all those things were supposed to make me happy, but nothing could fill me up except myself. So I went into analysis. I went to see a doctor, to talk about my lack of self-esteem. I don't know how to say it better: my lack of self-esteem, my insecurity, and how these things were not going to fill me up. And I'd better fix myself and then find out what I liked. For me, therapy was the greatest gift I could ever give myself. There's nothing I could have done for myself that would've been better.

  Sherry Lansing

  Fall, Two, Doctors

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Motivational, Leadership, Girl

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• Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.

  Brian Tracy

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Brian Tracy (1998). “The Gift of Self-Confidence”, p.16, Jaico Publishing House

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