Self Esteem Quotes - Page 27

• Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Punishment, Goodwill

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• People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

  Roy Baumeister

  People, Unstable, Exhibits

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• Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed by some person or circumstance. ... violence is perpetrated by a small subset of people with favorable views of themselves. ... Viewed in this light, the societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

  Roy Baumeister

  Light, Views, People

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• To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.

  Caroline Myss

  Integrity, Love You, Essence

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• I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill -
  a skill based in self-esteem.

  Caroline Myss

  Believe, Sight, Skills

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.33, Harmony

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• A woman should always be more concerned with standing up for what is right than making sure everyone 'likes' her.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Likes, Should, Standing

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• It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Who I Am, Esteem, Stills

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• Do not compare yourself to others. You have a unique destiny and mission that only you can accomplish.

  Mariane Pearl

  Unique, Destiny, Missions

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• Who has magnificent self-confidence
  And fears nothing that exists?
  The man who has attained to truth
  And lives free of error.

  Dalai Lama

  Self Confidence, Men, Errors

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• Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought — so what are you lacking? If you have will-power , then you can do anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Believe In Yourself, Compassion

  "Path To Tranquility".

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• With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.

  Dalai Lama

  Confidence, Wise, Wisdom

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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• One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your capabilities; and the laziness that is attachment to negative actions, or putting great effort into non-virtue.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Attachment, Effort

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.47, Penguin Books India

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• All too often we're filled with negative and limiting beliefs. We're filled with doubt. We're filled with guilt or with a sense of unworthiness. We have a lot of assumptions about the way the world is that are actually wrong.

  Jack Canfield

  Doubt, Guilt, World

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• Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.

  Wayne Dyer

  Needs, Enough, Accepting

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• We are unhappy because we no longer have our self esteem. We are unhappy, because we no longer believe we are a special miracle, a special creation of God. We have lost faith in ourselves.

  Og Mandino

  Believe, Miracle, Unhappy

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• High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

  Nathaniel Branden

  People, Excess, Trouble

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• If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable.

  Carl Rogers

  People, Majority, Despise

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• No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

  Abraham Maslow

  Psychological Health, Care, Essentials

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• Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles.

  Bruce Jenner

  Responsibility, Destiny, People

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• Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Spiritual, Soul, Prison

  Henry Van Dyke (1920). “The Poems of Henry Van Dyke”

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• Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

  Van Wyck Brooks

  Family, Ancestry, Heredity

  Van Wyck Brooks (1941). “Opinions of Oliver Allston”, New York, Dutton

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• Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Being Yourself, Personality, Being Authentic

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.65, Beacon Press

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• Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

  Daniel Defoe

  Death, Dying, Self Destruction

  An Essay Upon projects 'Of Projectors'

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• At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

  Phil McGraw

  Fun, Smart, Caring

  Phil McGraw (2013). “The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.

  James A. Michener

  Men, Discovery, Dignity

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