Self Concept Quotes

• A person's self-concept is the core of his personality.

  Joyce Brothers

  Self, Personality, Human Behavior

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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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• 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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• 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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• Your subconscious mind makes all your words and actions fit a pattern consistent with your self-concept and your innermost beliefs about yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Self, Mind, Patterns

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Universal Laws of Success”, p.7, Jaico Publishing House

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• The greatest barrier to achievement and success is not lack of talent or ability but rather the feeling that achievement and success, above a certain level, are outside our self-concept-our image of who we are and what is appropriate to us.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Self, Achievement, Feelings

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Act as if you are the person you want to be.

  Bernie Siegel

  Want, Persons, Ifs

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• My definition of success: When your core values and self-concept are in harmony with your daily actions and behaviors.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Self, Definitions

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• Look to see what you are doing today. Is this how you choose to define yourself? Look to see what you are thinking today. Is this what you wish to create?

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Thinking, Wish, Looks

  Neale Donald Walsch (2002). “Communion with God”, p.76, Penguin

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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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• It is that the individual has within him or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering the self-concept basic attitudes, and his or her self-directed behavior - and that these resources can be tapped if only a definable climate of facilitative psychological attitudes can be provided

  Carl Rogers

  Attitude, Self, Understanding

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• We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more in reality, we have to upgrade our self-concept.

  Brian Tracy

  Block, Reality, Thinking

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• One of the main jobs of conciousness is to keep our life tied together into a coherent story, a self-concept. It does this by generating explanations of behaviors on the basis of our self image, images, memories of the past, expectations of the future, the present social situation, and the physical environment in which behavior is produced.

  Joseph E. LeDoux

  Jobs, Memories, Past

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• Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Self Esteem, Imagination, Shadow

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living”, p.230, M-y books ltd

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• We have each had the experience of others reacting to us; often there seems to be no logic to it. But in fact, people do pick up on our subtle energy, and even if they can't see it or put it into words, they feel it and, subliminally, they know. They vote yes, no or maybe according to the qualities and strength of the energy we project.

  Stuart Wilde

  People, Quality, Energy

  Stuart Wilde (2011). “The Three Keys to Self-Empowerment”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.

  Leon Edel

  Writing, Self, House

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• I want to be the best that I can be. I want to do and have and live in a way that is in harmony with my idea of the greatest goodness. I want to harmonize physically here in this body with that which I believe to be the best, or the good way, of life. If you will make those statements, and then do not take action unless you feel good, you will always be moving upon the path in harmony with your idea of that which is good.

  Esther Hicks

  Believe, Moving, Ideas

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2010). “Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness: Easyread Large Edition”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse is like brainwashing in that it systematically wears away at the victim's self-confidence, sense of self, trust in her perceptions and self-concept.

  Beverly Engel

  Self Confidence, Emotional, Abuse

  "Emotionally Abused Women". Online Chat, www.healthyplace.com.

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• Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.

  Hugh Prather

  Book, Self, Hands

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• Through dance, people meet demons, ward off death, shake off sin and evil, come to terms with life crises, mediate paradoxes, resolve conflict, revitalize the past to re-create the present, enhance their self-concept and body image, attract attention, assert themselves, confront the strong, and persuade others to change their ways.

  Judith Lynne Hanna

  Strong, Past, Self

  Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.217, Rowman Altamira

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• How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not interested in tidying up their intellects either.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Death, Dirty, Self

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• How can you develop a self-concept linked to your untapped potential? First, you can decide on the kind of life you would like to lead in ten or fifteen years. This will give you a standard for making decisions about current activities and will reduce the inclination to compare yourself unfavorably to others. Learn to ask, "How would I handle this situation were I the person I hope to become?" And then take action in line with your vision.

  Ari Kiev

  Self, Years, Giving

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• Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naïve and is dismissed.

  Alfie Kohn

  Country, Thinking, Self

  Alfie Kohn (2008). “The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life”, p.3, Basic Books

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• Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.

  Gabrielle Burton

  Confidence, Fashion, Self

  Gabrielle Burton (1972). “I'm Running Away from Home, But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street: A Primer of Women's Liberation”

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• In contrast to what the women have been told (that they are dumb and ugly) and how they have been controlled with confined strictures, the dance class is a safe place in which the women have choices and can improve their self-concept.

  Judith Lynne Hanna

  Self, Class, Choices

  Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.198, Rowman Altamira

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