Quotes by Self Esteem No one can keep you down except yourself. Andy Gilbert esteem self-esteem 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. Angela Cartwright rejection self-esteem kids 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! Angelina Jolie self-esteem struggle thinking We don't realise that we are actually perfect just the way we are. We are born perfect, but spend a lifetime trying to be something we are not, and then feel inadequate for failing. Your only purpose is to BE YOURSELF, otherwise you will deprive the universe of who you came here to be. Anita Moorjani being-yourself self-esteem perfect Just as we're always told that schoolyard bullies are actually deeply insecure, liberals rationalize their own ferocious behavior by claiming to have been wounded somehow. What about the little guy our poor, insecure bully is beating the living daylights out of? How's his self-esteem coming along? That is the essence of liberals: They viciously attack everyone else, while wailing that they are the victims. Ann Coulter insecure essence self-esteem Who you are is of greater importance than what you do. Ann M. Fudge importance greater self-esteem 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 self-esteem college years Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you. Anna Deavere Smith real self-esteem people I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized. Anne Lamott ego humility self-esteem I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of mind, my grandiosity, the low self-esteem. I wrote down the funny stuff I overheard. I learned to be like a ship's rat, veined ears trembling, and I learned to scribble it all down. Anne Lamott self-esteem memories people I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism. Anne Lamott narcissism middle self-esteem The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning. Anne-Marie Slaughter achievement pride self-esteem When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core is. Anne Morrow Lindbergh loneliness-and-solitude self-esteem inspirational When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. Anne Morrow Lindbergh self-respect stranger self-esteem The determination and conviction to succeed can only come from within. Anthony D. Williams self-confidence determination self-esteem I think self-esteem comes from work. Anthony Scaramucci self-esteem self thinking Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself. Anthony Trollope confidence self-esteem life The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different. In externalizing the source of their self-esteem, they surrender all emotional independence. (Conquest requires two parties, after all.) A man cannot feel like a man without a partner, corporation, team. Manhood is a game played on the terrain of opposites. It thus follows that male sense of self disintegrates when the Other is absent. Antonella Gambotto-Burke party team self-esteem Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at his adolescent self, a self he feels was unacceptable. With bravado, he expresses regret that he didn't rack up more sexual conquests in his teens; in person, he expresses a truer regret that he was intimidated by life itself. Antonella Gambotto-Burke regret self-esteem mother Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud. Apolo Ohno being-yourself self-esteem positive «1234567891011»