Self Esteem Quotes - Page 12

• Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Confidence, Belief, Standing

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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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• We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Children, Fear

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• Today you are you! That is truer than true!

  Dr. Seuss

  Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Monday

  "Happy Birthday to You!". Book by Dr. Seuss, 1959.

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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• Whoever has the most energy wins. Energy gives one confidence, power, self-esteem and new possibilities.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Winning, Giving, Energy

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• Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.

  Victoria Moran

  Awe And Wonder, Conflict, Results

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• Tired of being unhappy? Fix it.

  Demi Lovato

  Inspirational, Tired, Unhappy

  Twitter post from Jun 4, 2014

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• The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be.
  Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Strength, Encouraging, Adventure

  Jonathan Huie, Mary Anne Radmacher (2009). “Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times & Bad”, p.3, Conari Press

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• If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

  Mark Twain

  Humorous, Compliments You, Pay

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• Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, Motivation, Powerful

  John P. Kotter (1999). “John P. Kotter on what Leaders Really Do”, p.60, Harvard Business Press

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• Skill to do comes of doing.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Educational, Learning, Positive Attitude

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.162, Harvard University Press

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• If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Life, Self Confidence

  Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Real Moments for Lovers: The Enlightened Guide for Discovering Total Passion and True Intimacy”, p.20, Dell

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• Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

  Jessica Simpson

  Parenting, Trying, Path

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• Own the room. Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy. Giving confidence to others will come back to you and you'll end up feeling better about yourself.

  Marian Seldes

  Inspirational, Feel Better, People

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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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• A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

  Axel Munthe

  Respect, Attitude, Men

  Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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• In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

  Jane Haddam

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

  Theodore Parker

  Respect, Individuality, Sacredness

  Theodore Parker (1853). “Two Sermons Preached Before the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society in Boston: On the 14th and 21st of November, 1852, on Leaving Their Old and Entering a New Place of Worship”, p.58

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• Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

  John Herschel

  Inspirational, Respect, Virtue

  "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2003.

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• When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

  Eda LeShan

  Single, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Life, Strength, Sad

  Song: I Hope You Dance, Album: I Hope You Dance

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• In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

  Carl Icahn

  Business, Mistake, Two

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• Be the person your dog thinks you are.

  John W. Stephens

  Inspirational, Life, Dog

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• Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.

  Herbert Otto Gille

  Life, Change, Learning

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