Self-esteem Quotes

I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

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!'

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

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!

I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible.

To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of a Daughter,' doesn't really do much for your self-esteem at all.

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.

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.

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

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

I had low self-esteem. I just really wanted attention and love from somebody.

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.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.

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.

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

It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.