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Self-esteem Quotes

Self-esteem Quotes

Last updated: September 23, 2024

68 Self-esteem Quotes organized by Most Popular

“She doesn’t need to text you, because she has self-respect. Self-esteem. Self-love. And that’s all she really needs.”
— Holly Riordan, This Is Why She Won’t Text You, Even Though She Thinks About You Every Single Day
Tagged: Texting, Self-Respect, Self-Love, Self-Esteem
“The time it takes to feel better about a breakup is directly proportional to the time it takes to feel better about yourself.”
— Greg Behrendt, It's Called A Breakup Because It's Broken
Tagged: Dating, Love, Self-Esteem, Get Into Trouble
“I cheated on you because I wanted to be with someone that could just drag me down as far as I could go.”
— Valerie, Casual, Season 3: 99
Tagged: Cheating, Self-Esteem
“I'm finished. I trust no one, not even myself.”
— Joseph Stalin
Tagged: Self-Esteem, Trust, Despair
“Ed's not a guy who goes, "What do you think?" Ed's in his own thing and he's a star athlete.”
— John Mayer, John Mayer on Katy Perry, Learning From the Dead, Embracing Pot
Tagged: Artists, How to be a writer, Self-Esteem, creating, Music, Ed Sheeran
“Preferable to accepting one's insignificance is imagining the others hate you.”
— Sarah Manguso, 300 Arguments: Essays
Tagged: Insecurity, insignificance, Hatred, Self-Esteem, Self-Concept, Projection
“ By understanding and analyzing our feelings, we learn to see how emotions impact on our behavior in unexpected, counterintuitive and sometimes dangerous ways. Philosophers were the first therapists.”
— Alain de Botton, The School of Life: An Interview With Alain de Botton
Tagged: How To Think, The Person You'll Become, philosophers are therapists, philosophers are real therapists, Therapy Quotes, Change, Self-Esteem, Understanding
“A manipulator conveniently embarrasses you in front of others and then does one of two things: acts as though he didn't realize he would hurt your feelings or acts as though he does not care that he did. This tool works your self-esteem down and makes your partner feel better about himself.”
— Erin Adair, 10 signs your partner is manipulating you
Tagged: manipulation, embarrassing, mean, Self-Esteem
“I think it would be
almost
disrespectful
to myself
if I let you stay.”
— Chloë Frayne
Tagged: Poetry, disrespectful, Staying, Self-Esteem
“ I found active beauty in movement, in tradition, and in community—places where I could be seen as a peer, not looked at and judged.”
— Natasha Ramoutar, I Was a Teenage Beauty Pageant Loser
Tagged: beauty, Self-Esteem, Self-Love, beauty pageants
“The idea of Original Sin—of guilt where there is no possibility of innocence, no freedom of choice, no alternatives available—is anti-self-esteem by its very nature. The very notion of guilt without volition or responsibility is an assault on reason as well as on morality.”
— Nathaniel Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem: The Definitive Work on Self-Esteem by the Leading Pioneer in the Field
Tagged: Self-Esteem, Original Sin, Religion, Self-Love, forgiveness, Guilt
“What is at the core of narcissists is not what is often referred to as low self-esteem. I don’t think that is accurate, but something that the people around them say to themselves to mollify their own rage at the narcissist, i.e. 'Oh, they only act that way, because they lack self-esteem.' What is really at the core of narcissists is an instability in their ability to feel and sustain feeling bigger, larger, smarter and more successful than everyone else which they need to feel stable.”
— Mark Goulston, Rage- Coming Soon From A Narcissist Near You
Tagged: Narcissistic Rage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Entitlement, Rage, Narcissistic Injury, Self-Esteem, Myths About Narcissism, Myths About Narcissistic Personality Disorder
“Narcissistic rage occurs when that core instability is threatened and furthermore threatened to destabilize them even further.”
— Mark Goulston, Rage- Coming Soon From A Narcissist Near You
Tagged: Narcissistic Rage, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Entitlement, Rage, Narcissistic Injury, Self-Esteem, Myths About Narcissism, Myths About Narcissistic Personality Disorder
“No one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself.”
— Hannah Horvath, Girls
Tagged: Girls, Self-Loathing, Hatred, Self-hatred, Self-Esteem
“We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.”
— Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Tagged: Shame, Violence, Addiction, Depression, Self-Esteem, Self-Love, bullying, Brene Brown
“If a man says that he's too damaged for you (or too neurotic, or too anything), just take his word for it. Even if it is his low self-esteem talking, you're not going to be able to fix him. And it's probably just a euphemism for I'm just not feeling it.”
— Jen Anderson, 10 Dating Tips I REALLY Wish I'd Followed While I Was Single
Tagged: Dating Tips, Self-Esteem, red flags
“Women who don’t develop an extra layer of confidence become victims. They wind up falling for jerks and losers — like I did.”
— Jessica Wildfire, Women Settle for Jerks for One Simple Reason
Tagged: Jerks, Negging, Dating, Self-Esteem
“A True Story about me is that I once threw a McDonald's McFlurry out a car window because I decided I didn't deserve it.”
— Tyler McCall
Tagged: Self-Esteem, mcdonalds, Funny