Great Self Esteem Quotes

Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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

Bindi Irwin

Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Your Beautiful

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

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

Maxwell Maltz

Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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

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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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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

Motivational, Leadership, Educational

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

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Nurture your mind with great thoughts

Benjamin Disraeli

Happiness, Hero, Inspiration

Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.111, London : H. Colburn

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

Tim Field

Meaningful, Being Yourself, Bullying

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

Malcolm Forbes

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Marianne Williamson

Inspiring, Confidence, Fear

"A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a 'Course in Miracles'". Book by Marianne Williamson, 1992.

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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Leader's Digest : Timeless Principles for Team and Organization". Book by Jim Clemmer (p. 84), 2003.

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Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Henry A. Kissinger

Inspirational, Im Sorry, Being Yourself

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

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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

Thomas Carlyle

Confidence, Self Esteem, Adventure

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

Sally Field

Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

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A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Joyce Brothers

Positive, Inspiring, Strong

"Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang (p. 43), 2006.

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

Life, Beautiful, Being Yourself

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

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Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

Life, Positive, Meaningful

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Anna Freud

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Aldous Huxley

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Time Must Have a Stop (1945) ch. 7

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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Samuel Johnson

Life, Motivational, Confidence

Samuel Johnson (1804). “The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works”, p.500

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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Nhat Hanh

Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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

Denis Waitley

Life, Motivational, Self Esteem

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