Self-esteem Quotes

"I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem."

- Stone Gossard

"Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable."

- Jack Canfield

"My mama didn't want me; my daddy wasn't there. So there were a lot of insecurities and low self-esteem."

- Kirk Franklin

"The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth."

- Robert Greene

"I'd like to live permanently in October 1988, when I started college. I had no responsibility and the energy to do whatever I wanted. My optimism wasn't dented by experience or low self-esteem."

- Sue Perkins

"I have said many times: We have self-esteem or don't, based on how we were raised! Self-esteem is normally produced in your first 7-8 years of life."

- Dan Pena

"Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem."

- Eric Hoffer

"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."

- Scott Hamilton

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

- Dixie Carter

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

- Alice S. Rossi

"Our lyrics deal with real issues that face all humans: choices in life, depression, self-esteem. And the fans know that we are there for them, and they are there for us."

- RM

"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."

- Cindy Crawford

"I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me."

- Ed Skrein

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

- Nathaniel Branden

"I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The astonishing light of your own being."

- Hafez

"I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough."

- Lil’ Kim

"Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness."

- Naomi Campbell

"I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success."

- Dominique Moceanu

"I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself."

- Dominique Dawes

"Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions."

- Harvey Mackay

"Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge."

- Fritz Perls

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

- Albert Ellis

"Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance."

- Imran Khan

"Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems."

- Karen Salmansohn

"Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system."

- Dirk Kempthorne

""Haters are just confused admirers because they can’t figure out the reason why everyone loves you.""

- Jeffree Star

"Pink reminds us to love ourselves unconditionally before seeking validation from others."

- Lily Moore

"Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there."

- Pink

"Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect."

- Pink

"I wished to be loved by another, but I desire no man's pity."

- J.R.R. Tolkien