How we relate with other people is dependent on how we rate ourselves and what we think about ourselves.

You will not invest in yourself if you think you are not worth it

Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However,...

I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts–and they never fail to have a fatal effect on my self-esteem. When I find myself sitting at...

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.

I naively believe that self-love is 80 percent of the solution, that it helps beyond words to take yourself through the day as you would with your most beloved mental-patient relative, with great humor and...

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

Try not to be in a hurry to get older because youth happens once in your life. Thereafter, old age stays with you forever.

I am the Chosen One. I know, because I chose myself, myself. But to be fair, it’s not like there was another choice. It was either to be me, or not to be. And I...

Never let the thoughts of self-unworthiness re-arrange your prepared passion for failure. You can do it even if others say you can’t. But you cannot do it if you tell yourself you can’t.

Be your OWN celebrity!

The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.

Mirrors are useless for reflecting who you are.

What others are doing or accomplishing is irrelevant to your growth.

The subconscious mind is shielding or showing numerous potential paths, based on what it determines would represent a consistent reality for you.

It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect.

Our attitudes are the results of who we believe ourselves to be.

This book probably makes it seem like I hate myself and everything I do. But that’s not totally true. I mostly just hate every person I’ve ever been. I’m actually fine with myself right now.

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

Your mission: feel good about who you are, what you do, how you think, and how you look–without needing anybody’s approval!

Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women. It does not, contrary to its own professed ideology, stimulate...

In her 20′s, a woman’s breasts double her self-esteem. In her 40′s, they halve it.

There’s no weakness as great as false strength.

Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.

Live for what you love, and die for what you’re unwilling to live without…

Your “Self” was created in the image and likeness of your creator. How can you believe that your “self” can be improved? Self improvement is contradictory to your creation.

Believe in the strength of your own resolve.

Extra miles, extensive preparation and exhaustive efforts usually show astonishing results.

If one does well in life compliment; but do not bow down to their success.

The secret to life is to have no fear. When you can let go of what others think about you, how something is going to turn out, or how your past will affect your future,...

The only love you have to prove in life is your love of God and helping others. Anyone that can’t see that has proven themselves to be unworthy of your time because why would you...

[S]ince you are angry at me without reason, you attack me harshly with, “Oh outrageous presumption! Oh excessively foolish pride! Oh opinion uttered too quickly and thoughtlessly by the mouth of a woman! A woman...

Eating is not a crime. It’s not a moral issue. It’s normal. It’s enjoyable. It just is.

No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.

When you say, “I need more confidence,” what you’re really saying is, “I need those people over there to approve of me.”That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first...

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are...

After an initial rush of pleasure that left me trembling with need, I broke off the heated kiss and whispered, “Okay, you win.”He leaned over me and said into my ear, “Dutch, I won the...

Rewriting the negative beliefs you have learned is the essence of becoming the director of your life.

When you continually worry about what other people think of you, they own you.

Many Christians… find themselves defeated by the most psychological weapon that Satan uses against them. This weapon has the effectiveness of a deadly missile. Its name? Low self-esteem. Satan’s greatest psychological weapon is a gut...

Her skirt was nice, but she was wearing a dull-colored blouse that wasn’t at all attractive. I’d have to remember to tell her not to wear it when she was with me if the two...

The price you will offer yourself to the world, is how much they will buy you.

Don’t let a mediocre person tell you what you are capable of or how your future is going to be.

We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

If you feel unwanted or unappreciated where you are or by those you’re with, it only means you’re in the wrong place or with the wrong people. Hang in there. Someone else will see you...

Yes, you ARE important enough; and yes, your needs and wants DO matter.

I am bigger than the box I’m in.

As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women’s advancement.