Quotes about Self-esteem
I myself have gone through a lot of trials and tribulations with insecurity and body dysmorphia, and stuff like that.
- Eva Marie
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
- William Hazlitt
Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.
- Edward Welch
The massive interest in self-esteem and self-worth exists because it is trying to help us with a real problem. The problem is that we really are not okay. There is no reason why we should feel great about ourselves. We truly are deficient. The meager props of the self-esteem teaching will eventually collapse as people realize that their problem is much deeper. The problem is, in part, our nakedness before God.
- Edward Welch
When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, it's painful, and it certainly doesn't feel like pride. But I believe that this is the dark, quieter side of pride — thwarted pride.
- Edward Welch
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Timidity and shyness are fears of this sort. Unimportant, perhaps, but they are crippling to self-confidence and to achievement.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission
- Eleanor Roosevelt
It is only when we recognize our inferiority that we become superior to others.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.
- Rita Ora
You want the praise of people who kick themselves every 15 minutes. The praise of people who despise themselves?
- Marcus Aurelius
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
- Cicero