Low Self Esteem Quotes

• Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to cut others down.' Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.

  Pope Francis

  Letting Go, Self Esteem, Mean

  "Pope Francis vs. the status quo: 13 key moments in his papacy" by Diana D'Abruzzo, www.politico.com. September 22, 2015.

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• Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

  William Gibson

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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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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• I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

  Jay Leno

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Littles

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• I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.

  Julie Bowen

  Self Esteem, Suffering, Disease

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

  Anthony Trollope

  Life, Confidence, Self Esteem

  "Orley Farm".

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• I had low self-esteem.

  Jennifer O'Neill

  Self Esteem, Lows, Self

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• I didn't want to go down any scarier path of low self-esteem than I was already on the track for. So during my second year of college I was like, 'I'm over it! I have to go see what this other thing called life is about!

  Anna Chlumsky

  Self Esteem, College, Years

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• 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

  Fitness, Self Esteem, Cancer

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• Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

  Angelina Jolie

  Self Esteem, Struggle, Thinking

  "Angelina Jolie on Her Insecurities & Finding Happiness". Interview With Hilary Rowland, urbanette.com.

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• Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Girl, Self Esteem, Issues

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• And she's feeling like her worth is between her legs.

  Ja Rule

  Feelings, Legs, Like Her

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• I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

  Kanye West

  Self Esteem, People, Trying

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• Fear of success is far more dangerous than fear of failure, because the subconscious mind works to prevent that which it fears. People may fear success because of low self-esteem and feeling of not deserving it; because it will increase what others expect of them. Fear of success shows up as anxiety, indecision, avoidance, procrastination or acceptance of mediocrity.

  Joe Tye

  Self Esteem, Procrastination, Acceptance

  Joe Tye (2000). “Personal Best: 1001 Great Ideas for Achieving Success in Your Career”, Mjf Books

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• Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.

  Theodore Kaczynski

  Self Esteem, Goal, Lows

  The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski (2005). “The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future”, p.18, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• I am the assasin of my dreams.

  Henry Rollins

  Dream

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• I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.

  Roxane Gay

  Self Esteem, Things In Life, Balance

  Roxane Gay (2014). “Bad Feminist: Essays”, p.24, Harper Collins

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• Why stay with him, he uses you just like a human punching bag?

  Ray Davies

  Bags, Use, Punching

  Song: A Little Bit of Abuse, Album: Give the People What They Want

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• You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

  Aretha Franklin

  Liars, Cheat, Good Heart

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• Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.

  Lisa Loeb

  Lonely, Feelings, May

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• To whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me.

  Alanis Morissette

  Apology, Firsts

  Song: Sorry to Myself, Album: Feast On Scraps

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• My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.

  Elinor Lipman

  Self Esteem, School, Narrators

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• 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

  Beautiful, Girl, Self Esteem

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

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• Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

  Janis Ian

  Home, Phones, Grace

  Song: At Seventeen, Album: Between the Lines, 1975

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