I never want you to deny anything about yourself because you have grown up thinking it’s unacceptable or inconvenient for the people around you.

She tried to remind herself that beauty was only skin deep, but that didn’t offer any helpful excuses when she was berating herself for never knowing what to say to people. There was nothing more...

My hair is not the shiniest of bobsMy eyes are not the brightest in the roomMy figure will not get me modeling jobsMy smile will not bring young boys to their doom.But do I cry...

The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us…During the past decade, women breached the power structure;...

Happiness does not come in large incomes or the most exotic home, it comes in small doses of a great self esteem which can be built upon the strengths of an individual.

No matter our size or shape, everyone deserves a safe place in this world.” ~ from BIG SMALL DOG, a children’s story about overcoming bullying and adversity, and discovering unity and friendship.

Be resilient until you complete a task. Challenge yourself and never limit yourself. Stay humble, hopeful, patient, but never quit!

Debería tener la capacidad de ser feliz conmigo misma, de estar satisfecha con lo que soy. No como reina, sino con lo que soy.

I dont care who you are I know who I am

Believe in yourself and the world will follow suit.

We are exactly what our history made us to be.

Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you’re hurting.

for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world.

If you always try to measure yourself withmoney… well, it’s like counting backwards, the more youkeep on, the less you’ll have to show for it.

People pleasing doesn’t allow you to receive.

You’ve got to know thyself, date thyself and most importantly be thyself.

Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are a number of occasions when it suits him to pose as a sort...

bigger” (that is, more powerful and significant) than God, and, out of the fear that creates in us, we give other people the power and right to tell us what to feel, think, and do.

The most capricious modern entitlement is not just Social Security but to self-esteem.

The feelings is both the biggest poison and the greatest remedy. The wisdom and good sense define the best use.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I’m Harry Potter.

As far as you can see then you can go. The question is what do you see and how far do you see yourself. Thoughts are as harmless and dangerous they can be. Any person...

May grace abound as you walk in the path of light.

He was lovable the way a child is lovable, and he was capable of returning love with a childlike purity. If love is nevertheless excluded from his work, it’s because he never quite felt that...

Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by the teachings of religion.

Just because your feet are on the ground, doesn’t mean you weren’t born to fly.

When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy...

A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn’t implement any of it.

Recognize that you have been chosen to be alive, right now, at this exact moment in time and know that none of that is random. There is something about you, your past or your future...

If you don’t love yourself it’s tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.

Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else, or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller, prettier.

Life ups the self-esteem of a low-paid man by giving him things that the high-paid man that he envies cannot buy (intellect, looks, sex appeal, etc.).

The three most important words in a relationship are not, ‘I love you,’ but, ‘Tell me more.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he...

Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?

[T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

Was I still myself? If so, who was I? I wasn’t really interested in knowing that. It had no sort of importance for me anymore. Some moorings had broken, some taboos had fallen, and a...

Feeling indifferent or reserved about doing something is a signal that it is probably not correct after all.

In spite of her plainness that would have made wallflowers of other women, she radiated a great sense of self-importance.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn’t matter what. Then you don’t have to worry about empty compliments. You don’t worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.

Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.

I’ve always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cell.” (Jace)

We tend to think that it’s up to others to respect our needs and fill them for us. But that doesn’t ever work, and for the following reason:If you have a hard time knowing what...

Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it’s not a place on the map at all, but just a story...

Focusing on who you are, and pursuing opportunities to improve your abilities, allows you to be in acceptance of yourself. This makes you a beautiful person who could care less about what others think of...

You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.

I try not to let other people’s problems problem me.

At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.

You think it’s so easy to change yourself. You think it’s so easy, but it’s not True, things don’t stay the same forever: couches are replaced, boys leave, you discover a song, your body becomes...