Self Esteem Quotes - Page 7

• He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Respect, Coats, Safe

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1501, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

  Thomas Szasz

  Positive, Education, Children

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (2004). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.40, Transaction Publishers

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• If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Love Yourself, Loving Yourself

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.56, Harvard University Press

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• The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Respect, Sacrifice, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.49, Harvard University Press

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• There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

  Brian Andreas

  Fall, Taken, Self Love

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• While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.

  Heinrich Heine

  Lying, Self Respect, Quality

  Heinrich Heine (1873). “Scintillations from the Prose Works of Heinrich Heine: I. Florentine Nights. II. Excerpts”, p.87

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• A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

  Henry Winkler

  Inspirational, Responsibility, Hands

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• All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Self Respect, Extraordinary

  "The papers of Woodrow Wilson".

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• Love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others.

  Erich Fromm

  Attitude, Alternatives, And Love

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.135, Open Road Media

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• Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.

  Sterling W Sill

  Jobs, Wall, Memories

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• As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Powerful, Night, Long

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2016). “MLK on "The Other America" and "Black Power"”, p.15, Beacon Press

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• I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

  Tom Petty

  Attitude, Thinking, Rich

  "10 Things That Piss Off Tom Petty". Interview with David Wild, www.rollingstone.com. November 14, 2002.

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• Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Self, Reputation, Esteem

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.79, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

  Diana Loomans

  Running, Stars, Children

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• Friendship with oneself is all important.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Friendship, Love Yourself, Self Confidence

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

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• I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

  A. C. Benson

  Life, Teacher, Teaching

  A. C. Benson, Robert Hugh Benson (2007). “The Temple of Death”, p.8, Wordsworth Editions

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• No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

  Josh Billings

  Self Respect, Comedy, Disgrace

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• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1089, RosettaBooks

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• Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

  Laurence Sterne

  Respect, Ethics, Morality

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• When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

  John Henry Newman

  Giving, Needs, Compliment

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• As with the bud, so with the blossom. A boy is the only thing known from which a man can be made. I hope that we as parents are teaching our children that they are the sons and daughters of God, and that they have the capacity to become like him. It was the old Edinburgh weaver who prayed, 'O God, help me to hold a high opinion of myself.' Likewise I would counsel young people to hold a high opinion of themselves, to remember who they really are, and to put their faith in their Heavenly Father.

  Paul H. Dunn

  Daughter, Children, Father

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• We're here to make people feel like a million dollars, not two cents.

  Marion D. Hanks

  Two, People, Dollars

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• For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Artist, Issues, Reason

  "Happy 60th Birthday, Whoopi Goldberg! Our Favorite Quotes From The Actress" by Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2015.

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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

  College, Years, Track

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• The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.

  Denis Waitley

  Riding, Limousines, Persons

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