Self Quotes - Page 4

• If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Confidence, Respect, Self Esteem

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

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• There is a place deep, deep inside every person that is hidden and hard to find. If things get bad enough and life gets too hard, though, some people will go to that place and never come back from it. Certainly, all outward appearances will suggest otherwise. They will look as they always did. They may even act somewhat like their old selves, but the truth is, the real truth is that they are hiding in this place deep inside where no one can touch or hurt them anymore.

  Victoria Forester

  Hurt, Real, People

  Victoria Forester (2008). “The Girl Who Could Fly”, p.275, Macmillan

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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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

  Self Esteem, Moving, Talking

  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 reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Important

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  Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Beautiful, Being Yourself

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

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• Self-respect is the root of discipline

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Roots, Discipline, Dignity

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• I have discovered that my freedom is within me, and nothing can destroy it.

  Janet Frame

  Freedom, Discovery, Destroying

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• The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Motivational, Inspiring, Confidence

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• Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Real

  Barbara De Angelis (1995). “Real Moments”, Dell

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• The more in vibrational sync you are with who you really are, then the more you are allowing only those things that you're wanting, and the less resistance there is. And the less resistance there is, then the less delay between the idea of the thought and the receiving of it.

  Esther Hicks

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Being Yourself

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• In order to bring out the best in people, you need to give them your best.

  Omar Suleiman

  Order, People, Giving

  FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Nov 19, 2013

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  Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Running, Discovery, Literature

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• By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

  Jim Rohn

  Character, Greatness, Bridges

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• The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Wisdom, Doubt, Heroism

  The Blithedale Romance ch. 2 (1852)

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• In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.

  Glenn Cunningham

  Sports, Running, Lying

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• Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

  Queen Latifah

  Brave, Enough, Be Brave

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• I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

  Tom Hooper

  Block, Thinking, Anxiety

  "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.

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• Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

  Priscilla Presley

  Beauty, Important, Should

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

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• To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Motivational, Self Esteem

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• Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Being Cool

  FaceBook post by Vanessa Hudgens from Apr 18, 2013

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  Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

  Sam Walton

  Motivational, Leadership, Educational

  Attributed in "The 101 Greatest Business Principles of All Time" by Leslie Pockell, November 23, 2004.

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• There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Inspirational, Confidence, Teacher

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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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