225 Self Esteem Quotes
1. "Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable." (Jack Canfield) Click to tweet
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2. "I used to hate feeling embarrassed, but then i realized nobody’s watching and nobody gives a damn." (Barbara Corcoran) Click to tweet
3. "Be faithful to that which exists within yourself." (Andre Gide) Click to tweet
4. "Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
5. "The world will never value you more than you value yourself." (Bill Masur) Click to tweet
6. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." (Lucille Ball) Click to tweet
7. "Self-esteem isn’t everything; it’s just that there’s nothing without it." (Gloria Steinem) Click to tweet
8. "Tell your struggling self, i love you so much." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
9. "You don’t have to convince anybody of anything, and you don’t have to attract anyone’s attention." (Haruki Murakami) Click to tweet
10. "No one actually knows what the hell they’re doing. Everyone is just working off their current best guess." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
11. "The worst outcome in this world is not having self-esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?" (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet
12. "Understand: you should be radiating confidence, not arrogance or disdain." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
13. "One who knows himself is never disturbed by what you think about him." (Osho) Click to tweet
14. "Self-esteem begins with self-understanding, grows with courage and perseverance, ends with confidence." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
15. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
16. "The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself." (Osho) Click to tweet
17. "Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being." (Osho) Click to tweet
18. "I hope you’re able to grow to respect whoever you are inside." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
19. "Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
20. "Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet
21. "Your fear of looking stupid is making you look stupid. What other people think of you is none of your business." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
22. "Things you won’t say on your deathbed: “i wish i paid more attention to what other people think”." (Johnny Uzan) Click to tweet
23. "Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
24. "Healthy striving is self-focused: “how can i improve?” Perfectionism is other-focused: “what will they think?" (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
25. "Your sense of self-worth comes from you alone – never the opinion of others." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
26. "Don’t let anyone make you feel that you don’t deserve the good things that happen in your life." (Paulo Coelho) Click to tweet
27. "Don’t let compliments mess with your head or criticism mess with your heart." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
28. "It’s exhausting caring about what other people think." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
29. "You know you are on the right path when you no longer seek validation."Click to tweet
30. "Be careful, ever so careful, in trumpeting your own achievements, and always talk less about yourself than about other people. Modesty is generally preferable." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
31. "Hesitation puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
32. "I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent – no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you." (Seneca) Click to tweet
33. "Develop a love for solitude and silence and you’ll get peace and self-reliance in return." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
34. "When you stop caring about being liked, you become more likable."Click to tweet
35. "Measure your self-worth not with the balance of your bank account but with the frequency of your generosity." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
36. "The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off." (Robert Hand) Click to tweet
37. "A person’s self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks." (Halle Berry) Click to tweet
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38. "The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely." (Carl Gustav Jung) Click to tweet
39. "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." (William James) Click to tweet
40. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
41. "If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you." (Kobe Bryant) Click to tweet
42. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." (Dr. Seuss) Click to tweet
43. "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." (Frederick Douglass) Click to tweet
44. "Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future." (Alice Walker) Click to tweet
45. "Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self." (Charles Spurgeon) Click to tweet
46. "When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are." (Oprah Winfrey) Click to tweet
47. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." (Buddha) Click to tweet
48. "If you can dream it, you can do it." (Walt Disney) Click to tweet
49. "Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become." (Mufasa) Click to tweet
50. "When you find out who you are, you find out what you need." (Mama Odie) Click to tweet
51. "If you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth, but you’ve got to be willing to take the hits." (Rocky Balboa) Click to tweet
52. "Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak." (G.K. Chesterton) Click to tweet
53. "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." (Ernest Hemingway) Click to tweet
54. "Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
55. "If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish." (Sam Walton) Click to tweet
56. "You doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are." (C.S. Lewis) Click to tweet
57. "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." (Marilyn Monroe) Click to tweet
58. "Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment." (Thomas Carlyle) Click to tweet
59. "Don’t just fly, soar." (Dumbo) Click to tweet
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60. "The loudest critic is internal." (James Clear) Click to tweet
61. "Chasing approval chases it away."Click to tweet
62. "Love who you are, embrace who you are." (Lilly Singh) Click to tweet
63. "Never dishonor yourself to honor others."Click to tweet
64. "Talk about your failures without apologizing." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
65. "The world can only see us as we see ourselves." (David Hawkins) Click to tweet
66. "Stop comparing your life to everyone around you." (Eric Thomas) Click to tweet
67. "You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." (Dr. Seuss) Click to tweet
68. "You have real success when you don’t try to impress." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
69. "Put all excuses aside and remember this: you are capable." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
70. "Don’t compete with your neighbors. Compete with your ideals."Click to tweet
71. "Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." (Helen Keller) Click to tweet
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72. "If you want to see the love of your life, look in the mirror." (Byron Katie) Click to tweet
73. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
74. "Self-belief is immensely powerful. The most successful people i know believe in themselves almost to the point of delusion." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
75. "Self-belief must be balanced with self-awareness." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
76. "To keep going when it’s tough is important. To believe in yourself no matter what is vital." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
77. "Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you." (Lilly Singh) Click to tweet
78. "You’d be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is." (Fergie) Click to tweet
79. "People wear all sorts of things, but the best part is the part that’s on the inside. That’s what’s really you — the person inside." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
80. "You have moments, days, sometimes weeks when you will doubt yourself. Just know, it is all part of the spiritual process." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
81. "Retrieve your self-esteem so it is not dependent on how they do or don’t respond to you. You are enough. You are worthy." (Thema Bryant) Click to tweet
82. "Your own level of excitement and self-belief will convince people that you know where you are going and should be followed." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
83. "When you truly understand your worth, you feel an obligation to give your gift to the world." (Bill Masur) Click to tweet
84. "Creative ideas happen when you stop thinking about what others will think." (James Clear) Click to tweet
85. "Believe whatever you need to believe to do your best work." (Sahil Lavingia) Click to tweet
86. "Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher." (Payal Kadakia) Click to tweet
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87. "The starting point of building your self-esteem is for you to have a clear sense of who you are and what you want." (Brian Tracy) Click to tweet
88. "You acquire self-esteem when you always do what you said you would do."Click to tweet
89. "So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like an idiot over the short term." (Shane Parrish) Click to tweet
90. "When i extend small kindness to others, i find it easier to like myself. If you feel that your self-esteem is low, try extending small kindness to strangers." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
91. "Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions… do your thing, and don’t care if they like it." (Tina Fey) Click to tweet
92. "We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be… or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be." (Pema Chodron) Click to tweet
93. "Ask for what you want. You usually won’t get it, and often the rejection will be painful. But when this works, it works surprisingly well." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
94. "Define yourself by your strengths, not your weaknesses. Acknowledge your weaknesses and figure out how to work around them, but don’t let them stop you from doing what you want to do." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
95. "If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think." (T. Harv Ecker) Click to tweet
96. "Nobody can say anything about you. Whatsoever people say is about themselves. But you become very shaky, because you are still clinging to a false center. That false center depends on others, so you are always looking to what people are saying about you." (Osho) Click to tweet
97. "Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it." (M. Scott Peck) Click to tweet
98. "Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." (Margaret Thatcher) Click to tweet
99. "Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing." (August Wilson) Click to tweet
100. "Don’t tell yourself some bullsh*t story about you can’t do this or that. Don’t even allow yourself to say you’re not good enough. Sure, maybe you can’t do something yet, and maybe you’ll never be the greatest of all time. But who gives a sh*t?" (Tom Bilyeu) Click to tweet
101. "Eliminate the need to be liked. Replace it with the intention to be of service, whether to others, something you believe in, or your highest self." (Neil Strauss) Click to tweet
102. "Live as if you’re alone in the world. No one is watching you. You don’t have to please anyone or live up to their expectations or fear their judgment."Click to tweet
103. "Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren’t paying any attention to you." (Eleanor Roosevelt) Click to tweet
104. "Encourage yourself, support yourself, and celebrate every little thing about yourself." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
105. "Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20." (Tom Bilyeu) Click to tweet
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106. "Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your handbreak on." (Maxwell Maltz) Click to tweet
107. "Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only." (Samuel Butler) Click to tweet
108. "No matter how hard you try, there is always some guy or girl who achieves more. My attitude is, so what? Does any of us need to be at the very top of the whole world? It’s ridiculous." (Charlie Munger) Click to tweet
109. "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." (Robert Hughes) Click to tweet
110. "Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember: the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
111. "The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself." (Rita Mae Brown) Click to tweet
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112. "It is weakness that is the source of all selfishness." (Swami Vivekananda) Click to tweet
113. "Never make this mistake of thinking that you elevate yourself by humiliating people." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
114. "When you’re lazy you avoid the hard work necessary to build lasting self-esteem." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
115. "A human being wants something that will fill the holes he feels within himself." (James Pierce) Click to tweet
116. "It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak." (David Foster Wallace) Click to tweet
117. "Don’t discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved." (Michel de Montaigne) Click to tweet
118. "If you can’t laugh at yourself, you’re missing out on the best joke of all." (Ed Latimore) Click to tweet
119. "A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching anywhere near their potential." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
120. "For most people the most difficult thing is to be comfortable with themselves. Loneliness and silence are poetry to some, but hell to most." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
121. "A man who says, ‘i want to change, tell me how to’, seems very earnest, very serious, but he is not. He wants an authority whom he hopes will bring about order in himself." (Jiddu Krishnamurti) Click to tweet
122. "Nothing so blights our self-esteem as to disapprove of what we once approved." (Francois de La Rochefoucauld) Click to tweet
123. "We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we’re afraid to let them see it in us. We’re afraid that our truth isn’t enough – that what we have to offer isn’t enough without the bells and whistles, without editing, and impressing." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
124. "When someone bases their self-esteem on the approval of others, they are abandoning themselves. It is an exhausting and powerless way to live." (Neil Strauss) Click to tweet
125. "Everyone is lying – about what they make, about how confident they feel, about how hard they work, about how well things are going. Stop comparing yourself to these lies. Stop thinking about them at all." (Ryan Holiday) Click to tweet
126. "Never tolerate disrespect or you might start believing you deserved it." (Carlos Del Valle) Click to tweet
127. "Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." (James Clear) Click to tweet
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128. "The trick is to think highly of yourself without thinking you’re higher than everyone else." (Ed Latimore) Click to tweet
129. "Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself." (Friedrich Nietzsche) Click to tweet
130. "Self-esteem comes from self-understanding. Self-understanding comes silence." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
131. "Praise is not something to be sought. One shouldn’t welcome it, rather be indifferent to it. It’s a trap. If you accept the praise of someone you’re henceforth their slave. You have to live up to that person’s image of you. You’re not free to just be yourself."Click to tweet
132. "If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own." (Epictetus) Click to tweet
133. "You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
134. "When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
135. "Learn to deflect envy by drawing attention away from yourself. Develop your sense of self-worth from internal standards and not incessant comparisons." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
136. "Don’t base your identity on your imperfection. You aren’t your imperfections, you are the being that is aware of your imperfections." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
137. "Pay respect that you may be respected, and know that to be esteemed you must show esteem." (Baltasar Gracián) Click to tweet
138. "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) Click to tweet
139. "If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success." (Lao Tzu) Click to tweet
140. "Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
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141. "Who you think you are each day, completely determines the universe you live in." (Ram Dass) Click to tweet
142. "One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
143. "Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant." (Alice Walker) Click to tweet
144. "Happiness is overrated. Inner peace and self-love are underrated." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
145. "To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections." (Sandra Bierig) Click to tweet
146. "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself." (Harvey Fierstein) Click to tweet
147. "Aloneness is a positive feeling. A feeling of your own being and the feeling that you’re enough unto yourself – that you don’t need anyone." (Osho) Click to tweet
148. "What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
149. "You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company." (Diane Von Furstenberg) Click to tweet
150. "Do not grow too fond of your ideas or too certain of their truth." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
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151. "Confidence is less about what you’ve done in the past and more about how you talk to yourself in the present." (Shane Parrish) Click to tweet
152. "If we’re really honest with ourselves, we all have a little self-loathing going on from time to time." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
153. "If you’re truly confident, you’re not a taker, you’re giver." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
154. "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 must be attained." (Marie Curie) Click to tweet
155. "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
156. "If you’re extremely confident in yourself, taking a loss doesn’t bother you." (Stanley Druckenmiller) Click to tweet
157. "Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success." (Dan Pena) Click to tweet
158. "Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are. Claude m." (Bristol) Click to tweet
159. "Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
160. "Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
161. "The first step is to make friends with ourselves." (Chögyam Trungpa) Click to tweet
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162. "By being kind to ourselves, we become kind to others." (Pema Chodron) Click to tweet
163. "We don’t judge people when we feel good about ourselves." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
164. "Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
165. "People are beautiful when they are honest, calm and self-loving." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
166. "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 Dostoyevsky) Click to tweet
167. "The fact is, people who base their self-worth on being right about everything prevent themselves from learning from their mistakes. They lack the ability to take on new perspectives and empathize with others. They close themselves off to new and important information." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
168. "Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift i have, the gift i was put on earth to offer to others." (Parker J. Palmer) Click to tweet
169. "When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
170. "A man who respects himself suddenly finds himself respecting the whole universe. He cannot humiliate anybody, he cannot be disrespectful to anybody." (Osho) Click to tweet
171. "He who trusts himself is in heaven. And he who mistrusts himself, holds the keys of hell in his hands." (Osho) Click to tweet
172. "Until you know that you are enough just the way you are, you will continue to look for more." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
173. "The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone." (Ayn Rand) Click to tweet
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174. "Complaints don’t deliver complaints, they mostly reveal your weakness." (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) Click to tweet
175. "Attempting to convince another tells you that you are still seeking validation." (James Pierce) Click to tweet
176. "If there’s anything that bothers me, it’s one person demeaning another." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
177. "You can have low self-esteem if you fail at things, but you can’t make progress if you don’t fail at things. Keep going." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
178. "Because you are not interested in self-knowledge you seek inspiration from others, which is another form of distraction." (Jiddu Krishnamurti) Click to tweet
179. "Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself." (Anthony Trollope) Click to tweet
180. "Saying yes or maybe when we mean no, cheapens our word, diminishes our sense of self-respect, and compromises our integrity." (Paulo Coelho) Click to tweet
181. "Power over others is political and the people who are interested in power over others are people who feel a deep inferiority complex." (Osho) Click to tweet
182. "One who thinks in terms of superiority will always remain inferior because these are two aspects of the same coin." (Osho) Click to tweet
183. "Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." (Louise L. Hay) Click to tweet
184. "You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters." (Ram Dass) Click to tweet
185. "Until you wholeheartedly believe in your own value, worth, and worthiness, there will always be a void in your spirit." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
186. "Fear, lack of confidence and low self-esteem tend to make us jump to conclusions." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
187. "You are low self-esteem when all you do is consume without ever expressing your own creativity."Click to tweet
188. "Don’t underestimate yourself. You have the ability to wake up. You have the ability to be compassionate." (Thich Nhat Hanh) Click to tweet
189. "Be independent of the good opinion of other people." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
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190. "We forfeit three quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
191. "Besides, he who follows another not only discovers nothing but is not even investigating." (Seneca) Click to tweet
192. "We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others." (Michel de Montaigne) Click to tweet
193. "The average man focuses on his place in the tribe. The wise focuses on creating is own path." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
194. "We already have most answers we are looking for; but we want to hear them from someone else."Click to tweet
195. "Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions." (Harvey Mackay) Click to tweet
196. "You teach people how to treat you by what you let them get away with." (James Clear) Click to tweet
197. "Maybe jealousy and envy would fade if we knew the full story behind success. Maybe we would be less likely to put people on a pedestal." (James Clear) Click to tweet
198. "When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us." (Thich Nhat Hanh) Click to tweet
199. "The first step to accepting yourself is to stop comparing yourself to others." (Joe Duncan) Click to tweet
200. "For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
201. "Don’t compare your weekend project to the work of a hundred-person startup. Don’t compare your first draft to someone else’s edited-by-a-professional bestseller. Don’t compare your sketch to someone’s masterwork." (Sahil Lavingia) Click to tweet
202. "Sometimes, when people have a low opinion of their own worth – or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives – they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome in the past." (Jordan Peterson) Click to tweet
203. "One of the universal fears of childhood is the fear of not having value in the eyes of the people whom we admire so much." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
204. "The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
205. "Those incapable of independent thought and personal responsibility find security in the masses." (Alex Sauer) Click to tweet
206. "It is not healthy to hold yourself back to make other people comfortable." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
207. "Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot." (Thomas Moore) Click to tweet
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208. "If a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small." (G.K. Chesterton) Click to tweet
209. "Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
210. "Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem." (Eric Hoffer) Click to tweet
211. "You don’t build a beautiful world with arrogant people. You build it with humble people." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
212. "If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn." (Ray Bradbury) Click to tweet
213. "It’s hard to break rules when all you know is how to follow them." (Angela Jiang) Click to tweet
214. "On receiving feedback: don’t tell me what you like, tell me what you don’t like." (Elon Musk) Click to tweet
215. "Criticism is the greatest gift you can receive, if self-realization is what you’re interested in." (Byron Katie) Click to tweet
216. "Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiralling up." (Jack Canfield) Click to tweet
217. "If you insist on getting credit for the work you do, you’ll never get far in life." (John Boyd) Click to tweet
218. "Even when it speaks, humility listens." (Thomas Merton) Click to tweet
219. "Perfectionism is a self-destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: if i look perfect, and do everything perfectly, i can avoid or minimise the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
220. "Rejecting criticism shows defensiveness. Listening to criticism shows openness. Anticipating criticism shows self-awareness. Improving based on criticism shows initiative." (Adam Grant) Click to tweet
221. "If ego is the voice that tells us we’re better than we really are, we can say ego inhibits true success by preventing a direct and honest connection to the world around us." (Ryan Holiday) Click to tweet
222. "In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same." (Eckhart Tolle) Click to tweet
223. "Be humble about what you know, but confident about what you can learn." (James Clear) Click to tweet
224. "One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
225. "What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left." (Oscar Levant) Click to tweet
2. "I used to hate feeling embarrassed, but then i realized nobody’s watching and nobody gives a damn." (Barbara Corcoran) Click to tweet
3. "Be faithful to that which exists within yourself." (Andre Gide) Click to tweet
4. "Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
5. "The world will never value you more than you value yourself." (Bill Masur) Click to tweet
6. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." (Lucille Ball) Click to tweet
7. "Self-esteem isn’t everything; it’s just that there’s nothing without it." (Gloria Steinem) Click to tweet
8. "Tell your struggling self, i love you so much." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
9. "You don’t have to convince anybody of anything, and you don’t have to attract anyone’s attention." (Haruki Murakami) Click to tweet
10. "No one actually knows what the hell they’re doing. Everyone is just working off their current best guess." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
11. "The worst outcome in this world is not having self-esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?" (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet
12. "Understand: you should be radiating confidence, not arrogance or disdain." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
13. "One who knows himself is never disturbed by what you think about him." (Osho) Click to tweet
14. "Self-esteem begins with self-understanding, grows with courage and perseverance, ends with confidence." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
15. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
16. "The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself." (Osho) Click to tweet
17. "Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being." (Osho) Click to tweet
18. "I hope you’re able to grow to respect whoever you are inside." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
19. "Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
20. "Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." (Naval Ravikant) Click to tweet
21. "Your fear of looking stupid is making you look stupid. What other people think of you is none of your business." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
22. "Things you won’t say on your deathbed: “i wish i paid more attention to what other people think”." (Johnny Uzan) Click to tweet
23. "Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
24. "Healthy striving is self-focused: “how can i improve?” Perfectionism is other-focused: “what will they think?" (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
25. "Your sense of self-worth comes from you alone – never the opinion of others." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
26. "Don’t let anyone make you feel that you don’t deserve the good things that happen in your life." (Paulo Coelho) Click to tweet
27. "Don’t let compliments mess with your head or criticism mess with your heart." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
28. "It’s exhausting caring about what other people think." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
29. "You know you are on the right path when you no longer seek validation."Click to tweet
30. "Be careful, ever so careful, in trumpeting your own achievements, and always talk less about yourself than about other people. Modesty is generally preferable." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
31. "Hesitation puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
32. "I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent – no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you." (Seneca) Click to tweet
33. "Develop a love for solitude and silence and you’ll get peace and self-reliance in return." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
34. "When you stop caring about being liked, you become more likable."Click to tweet
35. "Measure your self-worth not with the balance of your bank account but with the frequency of your generosity." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
36. "The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off." (Robert Hand) Click to tweet
37. "A person’s self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks." (Halle Berry) Click to tweet
38. "The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely." (Carl Gustav Jung) Click to tweet
39. "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." (William James) Click to tweet
40. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
41. "If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you." (Kobe Bryant) Click to tweet
42. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." (Dr. Seuss) Click to tweet
43. "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." (Frederick Douglass) Click to tweet
44. "Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future." (Alice Walker) Click to tweet
45. "Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self." (Charles Spurgeon) Click to tweet
46. "When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are." (Oprah Winfrey) Click to tweet
47. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." (Buddha) Click to tweet
48. "If you can dream it, you can do it." (Walt Disney) Click to tweet
49. "Look inside yourself. You are more than what you have become." (Mufasa) Click to tweet
50. "When you find out who you are, you find out what you need." (Mama Odie) Click to tweet
51. "If you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth, but you’ve got to be willing to take the hits." (Rocky Balboa) Click to tweet
52. "Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak." (G.K. Chesterton) Click to tweet
53. "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." (Ernest Hemingway) Click to tweet
54. "Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
55. "If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish." (Sam Walton) Click to tweet
56. "You doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are." (C.S. Lewis) Click to tweet
57. "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." (Marilyn Monroe) Click to tweet
58. "Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment." (Thomas Carlyle) Click to tweet
59. "Don’t just fly, soar." (Dumbo) Click to tweet
60. "The loudest critic is internal." (James Clear) Click to tweet
61. "Chasing approval chases it away."Click to tweet
62. "Love who you are, embrace who you are." (Lilly Singh) Click to tweet
63. "Never dishonor yourself to honor others."Click to tweet
64. "Talk about your failures without apologizing." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
65. "The world can only see us as we see ourselves." (David Hawkins) Click to tweet
66. "Stop comparing your life to everyone around you." (Eric Thomas) Click to tweet
67. "You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." (Dr. Seuss) Click to tweet
68. "You have real success when you don’t try to impress." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
69. "Put all excuses aside and remember this: you are capable." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
70. "Don’t compete with your neighbors. Compete with your ideals."Click to tweet
71. "Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." (Helen Keller) Click to tweet
72. "If you want to see the love of your life, look in the mirror." (Byron Katie) Click to tweet
73. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
74. "Self-belief is immensely powerful. The most successful people i know believe in themselves almost to the point of delusion." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
75. "Self-belief must be balanced with self-awareness." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
76. "To keep going when it’s tough is important. To believe in yourself no matter what is vital." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
77. "Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you." (Lilly Singh) Click to tweet
78. "You’d be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is." (Fergie) Click to tweet
79. "People wear all sorts of things, but the best part is the part that’s on the inside. That’s what’s really you — the person inside." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
80. "You have moments, days, sometimes weeks when you will doubt yourself. Just know, it is all part of the spiritual process." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
81. "Retrieve your self-esteem so it is not dependent on how they do or don’t respond to you. You are enough. You are worthy." (Thema Bryant) Click to tweet
82. "Your own level of excitement and self-belief will convince people that you know where you are going and should be followed." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
83. "When you truly understand your worth, you feel an obligation to give your gift to the world." (Bill Masur) Click to tweet
84. "Creative ideas happen when you stop thinking about what others will think." (James Clear) Click to tweet
85. "Believe whatever you need to believe to do your best work." (Sahil Lavingia) Click to tweet
86. "Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher." (Payal Kadakia) Click to tweet
87. "The starting point of building your self-esteem is for you to have a clear sense of who you are and what you want." (Brian Tracy) Click to tweet
88. "You acquire self-esteem when you always do what you said you would do."Click to tweet
89. "So much advantage in life comes from being willing to look like an idiot over the short term." (Shane Parrish) Click to tweet
90. "When i extend small kindness to others, i find it easier to like myself. If you feel that your self-esteem is low, try extending small kindness to strangers." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
91. "Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions… do your thing, and don’t care if they like it." (Tina Fey) Click to tweet
92. "We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be… or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be." (Pema Chodron) Click to tweet
93. "Ask for what you want. You usually won’t get it, and often the rejection will be painful. But when this works, it works surprisingly well." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
94. "Define yourself by your strengths, not your weaknesses. Acknowledge your weaknesses and figure out how to work around them, but don’t let them stop you from doing what you want to do." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
95. "If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think." (T. Harv Ecker) Click to tweet
96. "Nobody can say anything about you. Whatsoever people say is about themselves. But you become very shaky, because you are still clinging to a false center. That false center depends on others, so you are always looking to what people are saying about you." (Osho) Click to tweet
97. "Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it." (M. Scott Peck) Click to tweet
98. "Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." (Margaret Thatcher) Click to tweet
99. "Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing." (August Wilson) Click to tweet
100. "Don’t tell yourself some bullsh*t story about you can’t do this or that. Don’t even allow yourself to say you’re not good enough. Sure, maybe you can’t do something yet, and maybe you’ll never be the greatest of all time. But who gives a sh*t?" (Tom Bilyeu) Click to tweet
101. "Eliminate the need to be liked. Replace it with the intention to be of service, whether to others, something you believe in, or your highest self." (Neil Strauss) Click to tweet
102. "Live as if you’re alone in the world. No one is watching you. You don’t have to please anyone or live up to their expectations or fear their judgment."Click to tweet
103. "Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren’t paying any attention to you." (Eleanor Roosevelt) Click to tweet
104. "Encourage yourself, support yourself, and celebrate every little thing about yourself." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
105. "Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20." (Tom Bilyeu) Click to tweet
106. "Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your handbreak on." (Maxwell Maltz) Click to tweet
107. "Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only." (Samuel Butler) Click to tweet
108. "No matter how hard you try, there is always some guy or girl who achieves more. My attitude is, so what? Does any of us need to be at the very top of the whole world? It’s ridiculous." (Charlie Munger) Click to tweet
109. "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." (Robert Hughes) Click to tweet
110. "Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember: the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
111. "The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself." (Rita Mae Brown) Click to tweet
112. "It is weakness that is the source of all selfishness." (Swami Vivekananda) Click to tweet
113. "Never make this mistake of thinking that you elevate yourself by humiliating people." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
114. "When you’re lazy you avoid the hard work necessary to build lasting self-esteem." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
115. "A human being wants something that will fill the holes he feels within himself." (James Pierce) Click to tweet
116. "It takes great personal courage to let yourself appear weak." (David Foster Wallace) Click to tweet
117. "Don’t discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved." (Michel de Montaigne) Click to tweet
118. "If you can’t laugh at yourself, you’re missing out on the best joke of all." (Ed Latimore) Click to tweet
119. "A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching anywhere near their potential." (Sam Altman) Click to tweet
120. "For most people the most difficult thing is to be comfortable with themselves. Loneliness and silence are poetry to some, but hell to most." (Thibaut) Click to tweet
121. "A man who says, ‘i want to change, tell me how to’, seems very earnest, very serious, but he is not. He wants an authority whom he hopes will bring about order in himself." (Jiddu Krishnamurti) Click to tweet
122. "Nothing so blights our self-esteem as to disapprove of what we once approved." (Francois de La Rochefoucauld) Click to tweet
123. "We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we’re afraid to let them see it in us. We’re afraid that our truth isn’t enough – that what we have to offer isn’t enough without the bells and whistles, without editing, and impressing." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
124. "When someone bases their self-esteem on the approval of others, they are abandoning themselves. It is an exhausting and powerless way to live." (Neil Strauss) Click to tweet
125. "Everyone is lying – about what they make, about how confident they feel, about how hard they work, about how well things are going. Stop comparing yourself to these lies. Stop thinking about them at all." (Ryan Holiday) Click to tweet
126. "Never tolerate disrespect or you might start believing you deserved it." (Carlos Del Valle) Click to tweet
127. "Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." (James Clear) Click to tweet
128. "The trick is to think highly of yourself without thinking you’re higher than everyone else." (Ed Latimore) Click to tweet
129. "Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself." (Friedrich Nietzsche) Click to tweet
130. "Self-esteem comes from self-understanding. Self-understanding comes silence." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
131. "Praise is not something to be sought. One shouldn’t welcome it, rather be indifferent to it. It’s a trap. If you accept the praise of someone you’re henceforth their slave. You have to live up to that person’s image of you. You’re not free to just be yourself."Click to tweet
132. "If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own." (Epictetus) Click to tweet
133. "You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
134. "When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
135. "Learn to deflect envy by drawing attention away from yourself. Develop your sense of self-worth from internal standards and not incessant comparisons." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
136. "Don’t base your identity on your imperfection. You aren’t your imperfections, you are the being that is aware of your imperfections." (Haemin Sunim) Click to tweet
137. "Pay respect that you may be respected, and know that to be esteemed you must show esteem." (Baltasar Gracián) Click to tweet
138. "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) Click to tweet
139. "If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success." (Lao Tzu) Click to tweet
140. "Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have." (Zig Ziglar) Click to tweet
141. "Who you think you are each day, completely determines the universe you live in." (Ram Dass) Click to tweet
142. "One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
143. "Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be constant." (Alice Walker) Click to tweet
144. "Happiness is overrated. Inner peace and self-love are underrated." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
145. "To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections." (Sandra Bierig) Click to tweet
146. "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself." (Harvey Fierstein) Click to tweet
147. "Aloneness is a positive feeling. A feeling of your own being and the feeling that you’re enough unto yourself – that you don’t need anyone." (Osho) Click to tweet
148. "What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
149. "You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company." (Diane Von Furstenberg) Click to tweet
150. "Do not grow too fond of your ideas or too certain of their truth." (Robert Greene) Click to tweet
151. "Confidence is less about what you’ve done in the past and more about how you talk to yourself in the present." (Shane Parrish) Click to tweet
152. "If we’re really honest with ourselves, we all have a little self-loathing going on from time to time." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
153. "If you’re truly confident, you’re not a taker, you’re giver." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
154. "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 must be attained." (Marie Curie) Click to tweet
155. "Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Click to tweet
156. "If you’re extremely confident in yourself, taking a loss doesn’t bother you." (Stanley Druckenmiller) Click to tweet
157. "Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success." (Dan Pena) Click to tweet
158. "Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are. Claude m." (Bristol) Click to tweet
159. "Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
160. "Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
161. "The first step is to make friends with ourselves." (Chögyam Trungpa) Click to tweet
162. "By being kind to ourselves, we become kind to others." (Pema Chodron) Click to tweet
163. "We don’t judge people when we feel good about ourselves." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
164. "Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
165. "People are beautiful when they are honest, calm and self-loving." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
166. "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 Dostoyevsky) Click to tweet
167. "The fact is, people who base their self-worth on being right about everything prevent themselves from learning from their mistakes. They lack the ability to take on new perspectives and empathize with others. They close themselves off to new and important information." (Mark Manson) Click to tweet
168. "Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift i have, the gift i was put on earth to offer to others." (Parker J. Palmer) Click to tweet
169. "When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
170. "A man who respects himself suddenly finds himself respecting the whole universe. He cannot humiliate anybody, he cannot be disrespectful to anybody." (Osho) Click to tweet
171. "He who trusts himself is in heaven. And he who mistrusts himself, holds the keys of hell in his hands." (Osho) Click to tweet
172. "Until you know that you are enough just the way you are, you will continue to look for more." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
173. "The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone." (Ayn Rand) Click to tweet
174. "Complaints don’t deliver complaints, they mostly reveal your weakness." (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) Click to tweet
175. "Attempting to convince another tells you that you are still seeking validation." (James Pierce) Click to tweet
176. "If there’s anything that bothers me, it’s one person demeaning another." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
177. "You can have low self-esteem if you fail at things, but you can’t make progress if you don’t fail at things. Keep going." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
178. "Because you are not interested in self-knowledge you seek inspiration from others, which is another form of distraction." (Jiddu Krishnamurti) Click to tweet
179. "Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself." (Anthony Trollope) Click to tweet
180. "Saying yes or maybe when we mean no, cheapens our word, diminishes our sense of self-respect, and compromises our integrity." (Paulo Coelho) Click to tweet
181. "Power over others is political and the people who are interested in power over others are people who feel a deep inferiority complex." (Osho) Click to tweet
182. "One who thinks in terms of superiority will always remain inferior because these are two aspects of the same coin." (Osho) Click to tweet
183. "Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." (Louise L. Hay) Click to tweet
184. "You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters." (Ram Dass) Click to tweet
185. "Until you wholeheartedly believe in your own value, worth, and worthiness, there will always be a void in your spirit." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
186. "Fear, lack of confidence and low self-esteem tend to make us jump to conclusions." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
187. "You are low self-esteem when all you do is consume without ever expressing your own creativity."Click to tweet
188. "Don’t underestimate yourself. You have the ability to wake up. You have the ability to be compassionate." (Thich Nhat Hanh) Click to tweet
189. "Be independent of the good opinion of other people." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
190. "We forfeit three quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
191. "Besides, he who follows another not only discovers nothing but is not even investigating." (Seneca) Click to tweet
192. "We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others." (Michel de Montaigne) Click to tweet
193. "The average man focuses on his place in the tribe. The wise focuses on creating is own path." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
194. "We already have most answers we are looking for; but we want to hear them from someone else."Click to tweet
195. "Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions." (Harvey Mackay) Click to tweet
196. "You teach people how to treat you by what you let them get away with." (James Clear) Click to tweet
197. "Maybe jealousy and envy would fade if we knew the full story behind success. Maybe we would be less likely to put people on a pedestal." (James Clear) Click to tweet
198. "When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us." (Thich Nhat Hanh) Click to tweet
199. "The first step to accepting yourself is to stop comparing yourself to others." (Joe Duncan) Click to tweet
200. "For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others." (Arthur Schopenhauer) Click to tweet
201. "Don’t compare your weekend project to the work of a hundred-person startup. Don’t compare your first draft to someone else’s edited-by-a-professional bestseller. Don’t compare your sketch to someone’s masterwork." (Sahil Lavingia) Click to tweet
202. "Sometimes, when people have a low opinion of their own worth – or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives – they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome in the past." (Jordan Peterson) Click to tweet
203. "One of the universal fears of childhood is the fear of not having value in the eyes of the people whom we admire so much." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
204. "The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs." (Shannon L. Alder) Click to tweet
205. "Those incapable of independent thought and personal responsibility find security in the masses." (Alex Sauer) Click to tweet
206. "It is not healthy to hold yourself back to make other people comfortable." (Iyanla Vanzant) Click to tweet
207. "Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot." (Thomas Moore) Click to tweet
208. "If a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small." (G.K. Chesterton) Click to tweet
209. "Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect." (Fred Rogers) Click to tweet
210. "Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem." (Eric Hoffer) Click to tweet
211. "You don’t build a beautiful world with arrogant people. You build it with humble people." (Maxime Lagace) Click to tweet
212. "If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn." (Ray Bradbury) Click to tweet
213. "It’s hard to break rules when all you know is how to follow them." (Angela Jiang) Click to tweet
214. "On receiving feedback: don’t tell me what you like, tell me what you don’t like." (Elon Musk) Click to tweet
215. "Criticism is the greatest gift you can receive, if self-realization is what you’re interested in." (Byron Katie) Click to tweet
216. "Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiralling up." (Jack Canfield) Click to tweet
217. "If you insist on getting credit for the work you do, you’ll never get far in life." (John Boyd) Click to tweet
218. "Even when it speaks, humility listens." (Thomas Merton) Click to tweet
219. "Perfectionism is a self-destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: if i look perfect, and do everything perfectly, i can avoid or minimise the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame." (Brené Brown) Click to tweet
220. "Rejecting criticism shows defensiveness. Listening to criticism shows openness. Anticipating criticism shows self-awareness. Improving based on criticism shows initiative." (Adam Grant) Click to tweet
221. "If ego is the voice that tells us we’re better than we really are, we can say ego inhibits true success by preventing a direct and honest connection to the world around us." (Ryan Holiday) Click to tweet
222. "In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same." (Eckhart Tolle) Click to tweet
223. "Be humble about what you know, but confident about what you can learn." (James Clear) Click to tweet
224. "One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth." (Abraham Maslow) Click to tweet
225. "What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left." (Oscar Levant) Click to tweet
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