Self-esteem Quotes

"If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that."

- Michelle Obama

"You do not have to make your children into wonderful people. You just have to remind them that they are wonderful people."

- William Martin

"Give yourself more credit."

- Hustle Inspires Hustle

"Know your fuckin' worth"

- Hustle Inspires Hustle

"You are good enough."

- Hustle Inspires Hustle

"No one has the right to criticise you for how your body looks, but they will. One thing I’ve learned from experiencing this exact kind of criticism is that no one else can label your body except for you. No one gets to have a place in your mind if they weren’t invited there by you. So please do me this one favour: Don’t let their ugly words into your beautiful mind."

- Taylor Swift

"Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the keys to positive changes."

- Louise Hay

"The thing that you think is imperfect about you is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else. I have a scar on my lip, and for years I hated it. But now its become my thing. It's like, without it, I'm not me. You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections. I can't stress that enough."

- Terry Crews

"Your face is marked with lines of life, put there by love and laughter, suffering and tears. It's beautiful."

- Lynsay Sands

"I'm not opposed to aging - even though society is kinder on men than women when it comes to getting old. How can I look at aging as the enemy? It happens whether I like it or not and no one is set apart from growing old; it comes to us all. Youth passes from everyone, so why deny it? I'm proud of my age. I'm proud that I've survived this planet for as long as I have, and should I end up withered, wrinkled and with a lifetime of great wisdom, I'll trade the few years of youth for the sophistication of a great mind...for however long it lasts."

- Donna Lynn Hope

"I like the woman you became better than the girl you were. I like the story you’ve written on your face"

- Joanna Bourne

"You can't please everyone. You're not an avocado. Not everyone's going to love you."

- Liz Cambage

"Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing."

- Virginia Woolf

"No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise."

- Elliot Page

"Don't look for miracles, you yourself are a miracle"

- Henry Miller

"If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself."

- Zanele Muholi

"I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that’s icing on the cake."

- Jonathan van Ness

"Remember what things make you special and embrace those because there are so many things that aren’t on the outside that are so important and people find so beautiful."

- Miley Cyrus

"When I was younger, I wish I would have been told more often that I was right and nothing was wrong with me, that I was deserving of everything this world has to offer, and that my visions for my future were worthy of pursuit."

- Janet Mock

"Know your fuckin' worth."

- Unknown

"With a baby or without, you are valuable. You are whole. And you matter."

"Remember the respect you deserve; don’t settle for anything less."

"You are not worthless, you are not a failure, and you are not a loser. That voice saying you are is just your depression trying to trick you."

"Don’t hate yourself for everything you aren’t. Instead, love yourself for everything you are."

"Be proud of who you are, instead of ashamed of how someone else sees you."

"Having depression does not mean you are weak, a failure, or worth less than anybody else. Please, don’t discriminate against yourself."

"Never forget that you are worthy of love and respect."

"You might be sad because you’ve been through a lot, but you should also be proud of yourself for being strong enough to make it through everything you’ve been through."

"How much you eat at a single meal has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you’re a good friend, daughter, mother, sister, aunt, thinker, worker, citizen or overall human. Nothing you consume will ever diminish how valuable you are in those areas that count so much more."