Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.
Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything.
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.
Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines.
Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.
With relationships, I always had a reason why some time in the future would be better for me than it was that day. When I was fat, I thought I'd feel pretty when I was thin, and when I was thin, I thought I'd be happier if I was more toned and muscular and had more money to look more coordinated. I wasn't comfortable in my own skin unless there was a man there to tell me just how radiant that skin looked. I was a victim of low self-esteem and had the Soon syndrome bad. I was running toward a brighter future, unaware of the mirages I'd created in the distance.
The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.
When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
Confidence is preparation in action.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.
Everyone is walking around with these self doubts, so there's something reassuring about that. And self-doubt in one or a few areas doesn't mean that you have generally low self-esteem. And you have the power to get yourself out of feeling that way.
About all you can do in life is be who you are.
Toasted Heretic should have been cherished and helped, rather than ignored or sneered at, or put down as "quirky band with an arrogant singer". So I certainly didn't help the band, but the virtues I had meant that we recorded albums when everyone else just listened to them. But, yes, if you could suffer from high self-esteem, then I certainly suffered.
Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected.
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought- so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.
I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.
People with healthy self-esteem do not need to create pretend identities.