Quotes about Self-esteem

Negative self-talk was a rejection from my past that I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person. Hints of self-rejection laced my thoughts and poisoned my words more than I cared to admit.

We must let our identity, not our insecurity, be the first thing that walks into every situation we face—every decision we make.

A man whose identity flows out of deep validation doesn't wilt under criticism. He enjoys applause when it comes but frankly isn't desperate for it. He can walk away from work at five o'clock; he doesn't measure his success by how much money he makes. We grow into this man, to be sure; I'm not setting a new standard of perfection. But what I am describing.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

I never loved another person the way I loved myself.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. There is no big man who has not felt small. Some men never feel small; but these are the few men who are.

Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.