Great Self Esteem Quotes - Page 2

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

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Loving Yourself

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

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• Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Respect, Self Esteem, Compelled

  "The Insulted and the Injured". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861.

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• 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

  Self Esteem, Believe, Self Worth

  "Bamboolizing Black America: Classified". Book by E. Malcolm Wise, 2013.

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• Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

  Louise Hart

  Self Esteem, Important, Essentials

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• If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Confidence, Respect, Self Esteem

  "The Insulted and the Injured". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861.

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• Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Respect, Self Esteem, Self Worth

  Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.156, Shambhala Publications

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• We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Self Esteem, Self Worth, Levels

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Inspirational, Life And Love, Self Esteem

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• I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Life, Friendship, Confidence

  "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

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• Ask yourself what makes you come alive.

  Howard Thurman

  Inspirational Life, Self Esteem, Live Life

  "Oprah Gives Inspiring Commencement Speech to Harvard" by Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. May, 31, 2013.

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• 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

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Self Esteem

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• The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Self Worth, Men

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.29, Penguin

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• Noble and great. Courageous and determined. Faithful and fearless. That is who you are and who you have always been. And understanding it can change your life, because this knowledge carries a confidence that cannot be duplicated any other way.

  Sheri L. Dew

  New Year, Powerful, Self Confidence

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• Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.

  Baal Shem Tov

  Self Esteem, Unique, Curriculum

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• Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

  Aberjhani

  Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Rainbow

  Aberjhani (2009). “The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• Great self esteem comes from inside and feels hot and wonderful.

  Emme

  Self Esteem, Hot, Wonderful

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• I think my weight-training proved to me more than anything that I can do anything in life if I really put my mind to it. I saw me bring myself from 137 pounds to 175 pounds over a seven-year period. That alone said to me that all you have to do is really stick with something, and you can accomplish anything you want. It's brought me great self-esteem because I know I did it. I changed me.

  Aaron Tippin

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Years

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