Quotes about Self-esteem

We give our mistakes too much power. Instead, see a mistake for what it is. It is not the real you… You are more valuable than the opinion others have of you.

When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.

My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of thee what thou art unwilling to hear.

A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

The greatest secret for eliminating the inferiority complex, which is another term for deep and profound self doubt, is to fill your mind to overflowing with faith. Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.

A sense of inferiority and inadequacy interferes with the attainment of your hopes, but self-confidence leads to self-realisation and successful achievement.

Insecurity is worse than poverty.

We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their self-esteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.

I am convinced now that nothing good is accomplished and a lot of damage can be done if you tell a person straight out that he or she is wrong. You only succeed in stripping that person of self-dignity and making yourself an unwelcome part of any discussion.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.