No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor RooseveltWhat lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Ralph Waldo EmersonShe lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.
Anais NinI think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
Johnny DeppHumility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
C. S. LewisSelf-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
William ShakespeareLet nothing dim the light that shines from within.
Maya AngelouIt ain't what they call you it's what you answer to.
W. C. FieldsWho looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.
Carl JungThere are other measures of self-respect for a man than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
Orison Swett MardenRespect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
Clint EastwoodEducation is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert FrostA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark TwainNever be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.
Harvey FiersteinNothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
Thomas CarlyleI meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
Dr. SeussGive up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself.
ChanakyaAnd the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais NinHe who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Benjamin FranklinTo establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Denis WaitleyNationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
Eric HofferThe great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness, as to earn peace and self-respect.
Thomas HuxleySelf-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors, they can be smelled.
Eric HofferA self-respecting nation is ready for anything including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
Simone WeilSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel JohnsonI didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager as I think most teen-agers don't.
Alanis MorissetteThe bad man is continually at war with and in opposition to himself.
AristotleSelf-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
Albert EllisSelf-respect: the secure feeling that no one as yet is suspicious.
H. L. MenckenEvery new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
Eric HofferHe who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Marcus AureliusIt's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.
Muhammad AliDo we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
Abdul KalamIf you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Barbara de AngelisDrugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
Kurt CobainNever be bullied into silence.
Harvey Fierstein'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.
J. K. RowlingOh 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 JolieWhat lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Henry David Thoreau