Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrew Solomon

People who believe that they are going to be excommunicated and shamed, or whatever other dark things may happen to them, are much less likely to enter open, loving relationships. And they are also much less likely to have the self-esteem that is required to be monogamous and loving. And in consequence, they are much less likely to create families.

Andre Malraux

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

Andre Maurois

What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.

Andre Maurois

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Ambrose Bierce

self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal.

Alfred Adler

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Amy Sedaris

Learn more about yourself! Make a self-esteem collage using pictures of other people you wish you were.

Eleanor Catton

For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.

Elbert Hubbard

The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.

Edsger Dijkstra

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.

Earl Nightingale

The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

Elinor Lipman

My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.

David Bowie

I had enormous self-image problems and very low self-esteem, which I hid behind obsessive writing and performing. It's exactly what I do now, except I enjoy it now. I'm not driven like I was in my twenties. I was driven to get through life very quickly.

Chris Evert

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

Charles R. Swindoll

In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead!

Dennis Prager

The only thing socialists produce is debt and self-esteem

Debra Wilson

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

Abdul Kalam

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Adam Lambert

I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.

Cornel West

You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.

Common

I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external.

Dawn French

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

Curtis Hanson

Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.

Corita Kent

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

David Levithan

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.

Amity Gaige

To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.

Ram Dass

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

Ram Dass

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.

Ernest Cline

I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

Cassandra Clare

You know men. We have delicate egos.

Carolyn Mackler

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

Carolyn Mackler

Never underestimate yourself

Caroline Knapp

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.