Help Self Esteem Quotes:

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

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

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

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

- Paul Tillich

source: Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (1999). “The Essential Tillich”, p.174, University of Chicago Press

topic: Positive, Confidence, Courage, Just Believe In Yourself, Inspirational Confidence

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

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

topic: Change, Grief, Learning, Way In Life, Empowering Women

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

- Denis Waitley

topic: Self Esteem, Forget, True Self, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Confidence

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

- W. C. Fields

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Self Esteem, Help Yourself, My Self Worth

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

- Anthony Trollope

source: "Orley Farm".

topic: Life, Confidence, Self Esteem, Self Opinion, Help Self Esteem

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

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

- Nathaniel Branden

topic: Inspirational, Self Esteem, Caring, Inspiring Self Esteem, Is It Worth It

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

- Sam Walton

source: Attributed in "The 101 Greatest Business Principles of All Time" by Leslie Pockell, November 23, 2004.

topic: Motivational, Leadership, Educational, True Leader, Inspirational Self Esteem

Ram Dass

- Ram Dass

source: Ram Dass (2013). “Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart”, p.80, Sounds True

topic: Art, Pain, Unbearable, Transcending, Quaker

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.

- Roderick Thorp

source: Roderick Thorp (2014). “Rainbow Drive”, p.68, Open Road Media

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship, Inspiring Self Esteem, My Self Worth

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

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

- Malcolm Forbes

topic: Positive, Strength, People, Importunate, Improve Self Esteem

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Beautiful, Being Yourself, Lying, Understanding Yourself, Self Healing

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

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

- Marianne Williamson

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

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

- Lucille Ball

topic: Love, Inspirational, Relationship, Knowing Love, Inspirational True Love

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

- Les Brown

source: "Conversations on Success".

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging, Improve Self Esteem, Self-doubt

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

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

- Marianne Williamson

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

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

- Anais Nin

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Time To Move On, Inspirational Adventure Time

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

- Richard Bach

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Success, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Inspirational Self Esteem

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

topic: Confidence, Fear, Famous Motivational, Inaugural Speech, Child Of God

Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.

- Iyanla Vanzant

topic: Self Esteem, Believe, Thinking, My Self Worth, Great Self Esteem

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

- Bindi Irwin

source: Instagram post by Bindi Irwin @bindisueirwin, www.instagram.com. June 2, 2015.

topic: Needs, Accepting Yourself, Accepted, Self Healing, Inspiring Self Esteem

Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body.

- Maxwell Maltz

source: Maxwell Maltz (2002). “New Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.170, Penguin

topic: Self Esteem, Body, Spirit, My Self Worth, Great Self Esteem

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspiring, Hurt, Enemy, My Self Worth, Love My Self

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

- Albert Einstein

source: "The Rhythm of Life : Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose" by Matthew Kelly, (p. 80), 2004.

topic: Life, Motivational, Strength, Improve Self Esteem, Special Education

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

- Michel de Montaigne

topic: Confidence, Self Esteem, Acceptance, Infirmity, Despised

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

- Nathaniel Branden

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Teacher, Kindness And Compassion, Treating Others

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

- Jean Sibelius

topic: Confidence, Honor, Attention, No Confidence, Raise Self Esteem