Self Esteem Quotes - Page 29

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

  Emme

  Hot, Wonderful, Feels

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• And if your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. ... When we see people acting in an abusive, arrogant, or demeaning manner toward others, their behavior almost always is a symptom of their lack of self-esteem. They need to put someone else down to feel good about themselves.

  Clayton Christensen

  Attitude, Opportunity, People

  Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business Review (2016). “The Clayton M. Christensen Reader”, p.203, Harvard Business Review Press

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• Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere.

  Robert Breault

  Wise, Imperfection, Invited

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• The Santa myth is one of the most effective means ever devised for intimidating children, eroding their self- esteem, twisting their behavior, warping their values, and slowing their development of critical thinking skills.

  Tom Flynn

  Children, Mean, Thinking

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• Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

  Clayton Christensen

  Children, Things That Are Hard, Self

  Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor, Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen (2013). “Disruptive Innovation: The Christensen Collection (The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, The Innovator's DNA, and Harvard Business Review article "How Will You Measure Your Life?") (4 Items)”, p.11, Harvard Business Press

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• The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Eye, Acceptance, Approval Of Others

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

  Ellen Muth

  Father, Rejection, Trying

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

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• Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at his adolescent self, a self he feels was unacceptable. With bravado, he expresses regret that he didn't rack up more sexual conquests in his teens; in person, he expresses a truer regret that he was intimidated by life itself.

  Antonella Gambotto-Burke

  Mother, Regret, Echoes

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• Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

  Angela Cartwright

  Kids, Rejection, Trying

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

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• In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead!

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Taken, Thinking, Peaceful

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• Surfing frees everything up, it's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress-free, and that's what surfing is all about. It's something you do in your sleep, with your eyes closed; it's something you'll constantly embrace and be passionate about, and whatever it takes, you're gonna do it, because nothing else in the world can give you that kind of self-esteem.

  Rell Sunn

  Stress, Sleep, Eye

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• I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse.

  Steve Albini

  Fashion, Thinking, Play

  "The Verge Q+A: Punk Pioneer Steve Albini on Music Festivals, The Future of Radio and Why He Wants GQ To Fail". Interview with Aaron Lake Smith, www.gq.com. September 29, 2010.

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• The process of setting a goal, learning the necessary steps to achieve it, and giving it your best until you've mastered it will generate high self-esteem and pride. Those are feelings associated with joy.

  Jude Bijou

  Pride, Giving, Goal

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• I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about "self-esteem" would have seemed like a luxury.

  Gloria Steinem

  Luxury, Factories, Grew Up

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem”, p.26, Open Road Media

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• You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.

  Fergie

  Self, High Self Esteem, Esteem

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• Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess.

  Robert Breault

  Humble, Humility, Self

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• Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty promise that wealth or power would bring fulfillment and their dignity, good name and self-esteem for the passing pleasures of sex and drugs.

  Michael Josephson

  Sex, Names, People

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• If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, God Love, Ifs

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• It's all about self-esteem now. Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves. If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who's gonna dance in our strip-clubs?

  Greg Giraldo

  Growing Up, Kids, Feel Good

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• We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what we did. It's okay to have problems. It's okay to talk about problems-at appropriate times, and with safe people. It's okay to solve problems. And we're okay, even when we have, or someone we love has a problem. We don't have to forfeit our personal power or our self-esteem. We have solved exactly the problems we've needed to solve to become who we are.

  Melody Beattie

  People, Safe, Who We Are

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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• If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Recovery, Emotional, Resilience

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• One who has self-esteem esteems oneself because one knows the value of one's being as a singular yet universal expression of the highest value in the Kosmos-the Universal Self, also known as God, Kami, or Brahma, or by many other names.

  Yasuhiko Kimura

  Expression, Names, Brahma

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• Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Giving, Waiting

  "Two Secrets To A Better You" by Jack Canfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2009.

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• Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Children, Flower

  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen (2012). “A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereotype where all pretty girls think they're unattractive, but modeling is the worst thing for your self-esteem, because you're never pretty enough, you're never thin enough.

  Whitney Cummings

  Girl, Thinking, Unattractive

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