In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect… and no.
It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.
It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
One is rated by others as he rates himself.
Our value is the sum of our values.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
SELF-ESTEEM controls PERFORMANCE/REALITY which stimulate SELF-TALK which reinforces SELF-ESTEEM. This cycle can work positively or negatively and is greatly influenced by the self-talk (I knew I wasn't good at -X vs. next time I'll practice and do better at -X).
Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.
Seriously, I do not think I fit for the presidency.
Study to be what you wish to seem.
That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
The greatest success, is successful self acceptance.
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