These self esteem quotes will inspire you. Self-esteem is your overall sense of personal value and self-worth or confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging self esteem quotes, self esteem sayings, and self esteem proverbs.
Best Self Esteem Quotes
- “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ~ Nhat Hanh
- “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will.” ~ Harold B. Lee
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“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” ~ Denis Waitley
- “Don’t listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only “you” can find your potential.” ~ Marla Runyan
- “Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.” ~ Richard Bach
- “Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.” ~ Wayne Dyer
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“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” ~ Golda Meir
- “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” ~ M. Scott Peck
- “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
- “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” ~ Zig Ziglar
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“When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it’s almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else.” ~ Wayne Dyer
- “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.” ~ Beyonce Knowles
- “Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
- “Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” ~ Les Brown
- “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley , Boosting self esteem quotes
- “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” ~ Joseph Campbell
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“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.” ~ Michel de Montaigne
- “Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.” ~ Zig Ziglar
- “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” ~ Louisa May Alcott
- “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” ~ Judy Garland
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“You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this.” ~ Leon Brown
- “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~ Carl Jung
- “The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” ~ Joan Didion
- “If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” ~ T. Harv Eker
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“Never dull your shine for somebody else.” ~ Tyra Banks
- “I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.” ~ Johnny Depp
- “Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets.” ~ Henry A. Kissinger
- “Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~ Harvey Fierstein
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“The reputation you have with yourself – your self-esteem – is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.” ~ Nathaniel Branden
- “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” ~ Mark Twain
- “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~ Harvey Fierstein
- “Whatever good things we build end up building us.” ~ Jim Rohn
- “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.” ~ Orison Swett Marden
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ~ Lucille Ball
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” ~ Michael Jordan
- “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~ A. A. Milne
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“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” ~ Wayne Dyer
- “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.” ~ Gautama Buddha
- “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.” ~ Golda Meir
- “Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” ~ Benjamin Spock
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“Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.” ~ Bernard Baruch
- “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.” ~ Andre Gide
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ~ William James
- “Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
- “I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mindset, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.” ~ Stephen Covey
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“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ~ Louise Hay
- “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale
- “The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.” ~ William Hazlitt
- “Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable!” ~ Angelina Jolie , Overcoming self esteem quotes
- “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
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“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” ~ Brigham Young
- “Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.” ~ T. D. Jakes
- “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” ~ Bruce Lee
- “You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.” ~ Lou Holtz
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“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” ~ Andre Gide
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not in the One that you think you should be,
but in the One that you are.” ~ Taizan Maezumi - “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~ Gautama Buddha
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“The highest in God’s esteem are the lowest in their own.” ~ Thomas a Kempis
- “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.” ~ Nathaniel Branden
- “I just think it’s good to be confident. If I’m not on my team why should anybody else be?” ~ Robert Downey, Jr.
