33 quotes
“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
— Michael J. Fox
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
— Marilyn Monroe
“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.”
— Maxwell Maltz
“To thine own self be true.”
— William Shakespeare
“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— Christopher Robin
“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions. Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”
— Tina Fey
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
— Robert Hand
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
— Frederick Douglass
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
— Rumi
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
— Denis Waitley
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
— Mark Twain
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”
“Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
— Ram Dass
“Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you.”
— Shannon L. Alder
“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”
— Nathaniel Branden
“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
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
— Yogi Bhajan
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect.”
— Dan Coppersmith
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.”
— Harvey Fierstein
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
— Madonna
“It isn't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”
— W.C. Fields
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
— Avril Lavigne
“Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.”
— Louise Hart
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
— William James
“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”
— Barbara De Angelis
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
— Sir Edmund Hillary
“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.”
— Rita Mae Brown
“Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.”
— Jack Canfield
“The moment you know yourself you have known the most precious thing in existence.”
— Osho
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your handbrake on.”
“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
— Henry James
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