Self Esteem Quotes - Page 4

• Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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  Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Inspirational, Greatness, Destiny

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1868). “Passages from the American Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne”, p.28

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• We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Feel Good, Self Respect

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  Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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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

  Struggle, Thinking, Doe

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

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• Self-trust is the first secret of success.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Success, Trust

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.148, Harvard University Press

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• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Confidence, Acceptance, Loving Yourself

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 13, 1595.

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• Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

  Brigham Young

  Self Confidence, Self Worth, Thinking

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• A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Attitude

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• Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take in being alive.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Moving, Talking, Alive

  Nathaniel Branden (2011). “How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence”, p.158, Bantam

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• The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Thinking, People, Silence

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.38

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• Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.

  T. D. Jakes

  Running, Thinking, Important

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• If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

  William James

  Leadership, Quality, Want

  "Do You Have Executive Presence?" by Paul Hellman, www.cnbc.com. April 1, 2010.

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• Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Life, Encouragement, Fear

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• Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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  The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Self Worth, Self Respect, Desire

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• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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• Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Love Yourself, Self Confidence

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

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Respect, Compelled, Self

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

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• The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

  Robert Hand

  Confidence, Self Love, Needs

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• Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Confidence, Adventure, Self Worth

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