Top 1200 Self Esteem And Confidence Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

To trust one's mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.

I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.

Self-awareness and healthy self-love go hand in hand. When we love what God has given us and share it with others naturally and without expectations for gratitude we are truly people who have spiritual self-confidence and compassion; and isn't that a great way to live?

I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was because I lacked confidence. Lacked self-confidence, and I never felt that I was prepared to take an examination, and I had to study a little bit extra. So that sort of lack of confidence helped me, I think, to make a good record when I was a student.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

If you have a good self-esteem, you can be generous, you can give back and you can be productive in the world.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

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

The only thing socialists produce is debt and self-esteem

There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.

Place no hope in the feeling of assurance, in spiritual comfort. You may well have to get along without this. Place no hope in the inspirational preachers of Christian sunshine, who are able to pick you up and set you back on your feet and make you feel good for three or four days-until you fold up and collapse into despair. Self-confidence is a precious natural gift, a sign of health. But it is not the same thing as faith. Faith is much deeper, and it must be deep enough to subsist when we are weak, when we are sick, when our self-confidence is gone, when our self-respect is gone.

The essence of leadership is the capacity to build and develop the self-esteem of the workers.

Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at his adolescent self, a self he feels was unacceptable. With bravado, he expresses regret that he didn't rack up more sexual conquests in his teens; in person, he expresses a truer regret that he was intimidated by life itself.

I was an ego maniac with a self-esteem problem and that's what most addicts are like.

The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem.

The question "Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?" is one you must consistently ask yourself if you are committed to having all that you want and all that you deserve. When you love yourself you feel worthy and deserving of claiming the gifts of this world. Self-love gives you peace of mind and balance. Self-love gives you self-respect and the ability to respect others. It gives you the confidence to stand up and ask for what you want. Self-love is the main ingredient in a successful, fulfilled life.

If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.

Love and self-esteem are constructed through likes and followers.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

Adolescents swing from euphoric self-confidence and a kind of narcissistic strength in which they feel invulnerable and even immortal, to despair, self-emptiness, self-deprecation. At the same time they seem to see an emerging self that is unique and wonderful, they suffer an intense envy which tears narcissism into shreds, and makes other people's qualities hit them like an attack of lasers.

Low self esteem results when the inner critic prevails.

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

I have learned to become not an M.D. but a 'C.D.' for the wounded people I meet. Yes, a 'Chosen Dad' who may not like their behavior but loves and reparents them and helps them to heal their lives and find self-worth and self-esteem and save their lives.

I definitely think that, for a woman, the biggest turn-on is the mind. Otherwise, obviously you want someone who keeps up with himself and has self-respect and self-confidence.

People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities.

There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse is like brainwashing in that it systematically wears away at the victim's self-confidence, sense of self, trust in her perceptions and self-concept.

Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it; and therefore, of all the Grecians, Homer doth ever make Achilles the best armed.

The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to himself. Perhaps you are chasing rainbows. You're after the self-confidence of the average man, when you should be after the humbleness of a warrior. The difference between the two is remarkable. Self Confidence entails knowing something for sure; humbleness entails being impeccable in one's actions and feelings.

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.

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

Self esteem is built from the inside out and that is my inspiring message to all people.

The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.

Great self esteem comes from inside and feels hot and wonderful.

Cats invented self-esteem; there is not an insecure bone in their body.

I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.

The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst.

A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.

I'm Jerry Lawler, I make fun of women because I have no self-esteem.

Self-esteem makes me super, superb and supreme

Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.

Transgression of any kind is always accompanied by a loss of self-esteem.

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

Although my marriage left me with three beautiful children, it also left me with a healthy dose of self-doubt, low self-esteem, and an extreme desire to be loved again. I was operating on empty, expecting to be paid in full.

I believe that the dissolution of a marriage comes about by the breaking down of self-esteem.

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.

I was bullied in elementary to middle school. It messed with my self esteem.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.