Building Self Esteem Quotes:

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Nelson Mandela

topic: Inspirational, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech, Individual Expression, Insecure People

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.

- Peter McIntyre

topic: Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational Self Confidence, Inspirational Self Esteem

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

- Alan Cohen

topic: Confidence, Powerful, Love You, Inspirational Self Esteem, Building Confidence

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspiration And Life, Inspiration And Motivation

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Powerful, Deepest Fear, Our Deepest Fear, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller

source: "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Achievement

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

- Marianne Williamson

source: A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Confidence

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

- Mark Twain

topic: Confidence, Good Life, Inspirational Life, Inspiring Self Esteem, Building Confidence

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Beauty, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

- Thomas Carlyle

topic: Confidence, Self Esteem, Adventure, Sense Of Accomplishment, Women Self Confidence

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

- Laurie Halse Anderson

source: Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.230, Scholastic UK

topic: Self Esteem, Inspiration, Pounds, Wintergirls, Boost Self Confidence

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

- Edmund Hillary

source: "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation, Inspirational Confidence, Inspirational High School Graduation

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

- Maxwell Maltz

topic: Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Confidence

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Inspiring, Confidence, Children, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Confidence, Children, Insecure, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Confidence, Children, Fear, Inaugural Speech, Discovering Yourself

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: World, Inaugural Speech, Discovering Yourself, Inspirational Beauty, Sensitive Person

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.

- Eric Thomas

topic: Confidence, Thinking, Nutrition And Exercise, Building Confidence, Confidence Building

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

- Alan Cohen

topic: Beauty, Love You, Giving, Building Confidence, Confidence In Yourself

I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.

- Elizabeth Taylor

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Self Esteem, Done, Self Determination, Inspirational Self Confidence, Inspirational Self Esteem

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

topic: Self Esteem, Affection, Found, Inspirational Buddhist, Spiritual Enlightenment

If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

- Diana Loomans

topic: Running, Stars, Children, Inspirational Parenting, Inspirational Parents

Why building self esteem?. The benefits of having self esteem are numerous. Self esteem is strongly associated with happiness, psychological resilience, and a motivating to live a productive and healthy life.

- Glenn R. Schiraldi

source: Glenn R. Schiraldi (2007). “10 Simple Solutions for Building Self-Esteem: How to End Self-Doubt, Gain Confidence, & Create a Positive Self-Image”, p.9, New Harbinger Publications

topic: Self Esteem, Healthy, Resilience, Building Self Esteem, Healthy Life

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

- Clayton Christensen

topic: Children, Self Esteem, Self, Things That Are Hard, Building Self Esteem

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem.

- Greg Louganis

topic: Sports, Growing Up, Self Esteem, Building Self Esteem

It is a mistake to look at someone who is self assertive and say, "It's easy for her, she has good self-esteem." One of the ways you build self-esteem is by being self-assertive when it is not easy to do so. There are always times when self-assertiven ess requires courage, no matter how high your self-esteem.

- Nathaniel Branden

topic: Mistake, Self Esteem, Matter, Assertive, Building Self Esteem

The table is the number one place we pass on family stories and it's the knowledge of where your family came from that helps build self-esteem and resiliency in kids. When we stop having dinners, we stop passing on those stories. And, of course, when you make food at home you actually know what's in the food you are eating. It is the healthiest, greenest thing you can do!

- Laurie David

source: Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

topic: Self Esteem, Home, Kids, Resiliency, Passing On