Self-esteem Quotes

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

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

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.

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

Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

I had low self-esteem. I just really wanted attention and love from somebody.

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

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

I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

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

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

I had low self-esteem.

Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.

When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.

Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.