When you cannot find a pill for it, try taking a full dosage of responsibility

There is no external solution to the problem of insecurity.

Be yourself, you’re already fully equipped to succeed at that.

We search for happiness across every landscape, if only we knew that the seed in which it first grows, is planted within ourselves…

Not all who demand your attention desire your happiness, many merely seeking a conveyance to their own. It is entirely easy when wrapped up with the petty to miss what is possible and what rows...

Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.

Learning is a matter of gathering knowledge; wisdom is applying that knowledge.

Wetting one’s pants is no kind of self-esteem builder.

Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.

When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.

Belief is the essential ingredient for success, thus if you believe, you can achieve, for real you will achieve.

I realized that I was okay with myself. I was quirky and withdrawn and loud, but I liked that. I smiled at strangers without thinking they were going to attack me and drag me into...

Your difference is your uniqueness, not a weakness.

Believe in your future and your future will believe in you

Do you love yourself? The test is simple. Do you look at others and see anything besides another beautiful human being? Do you see somebody who is more beautiful or less beautiful than you? If...

People who always arrive early aren’t worth waiting for.

When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is one large scoreboard where someone is listing the points to measure our worth....

Gestalt means whole, and so are you.

We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

May you be guided by the light.

In the vast majority of cases, however, getting into trouble has nothing to do with one’s self-esteem. It usually has much more to do with whatever is causing the trouble – a monster, a bus...

Every time I move I squash something said Loathesome.

But there were certain moments in life that forever defined one as a person – in one’s own estimation, anyway. And one’s own self esteem, when all was said and done, was of far more...

Sometimes our Biggest Nightmare turns out to be our Biggest Gift. And it all comes down to our attitude. Life will throw us curve balls and disappointments, even heartbreak. But ultimately we can choose if...

As soon as whatever provisional well of confidence dries up, I will feel like a frightened motherless child. And I will—what? Lessee, I’ll beg friends to assure me I’m fascinating, that my soul is complex...

Typical me–hurricane that leaves nothing but destruction.

I had battled my own demons that day, facing down the thing that imprisoned me since the accident-a scar and the diffidence it created inside of me. But it was just a physical blemish, not...

Women are mere “beauties” in men’s culture so that culture can be kept male. When women in culture show character, they are not desirable, as opposed to the desirable. A beautiful heroine is a contradiction...

One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.

People will ask you the question ‘how is life treating you?’ But my question is ‘how are you treating life?’ On that your happiness rests

If you fight yourself, you will lose, and fighting leaves scares.

That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair’s right for the first time in your life? I don;t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair...

There’s great power in not fearing solitude. You don’t allow yourself to be treated like crap because you’re afraid of the alternative.

While there will always be someone who may dislike you, there are others who will like you for who you are.

You don’t have to be good at something to be liked.

It was almost painful to be different.

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.

Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

A woman in love with herself is magnetic.

Something inside her opened strong and raw while she played with those two words. I matter.

I’m a short woman with a pretty good body and large breasts — that’s not what I think of as sexy.

I say that my value is based on my accomplishments. Christmas is God saying that I am His accomplishment and that will forever be enough.

When I thought of myself, of the feelings I had, of the things I thought I understood so well, I imagined myself somehow abstractly, because that other visual recollection was painful and unpleasant for me....

The presence of pain should not be the reason for your low self-image. Boldness is the ability to stand tall even when the valley seems deep. Your pain will bring gain. Just believe and go...

When you journey inwardly exploring yourself, a sense of personal trust begins.

watch out for schools that promise your kids will “experience success.” I’m teaching Plato’s Dialogues these days, and I noticed that Socrates never let his students experience success. Socrates won the argument every time.

I may not know your life problems or situation. But one thing I know. There are things that you should be thankful for. Its important that you learn to say Thank you.Learn to say thank...

Never look down upon yourself. You are special with special gift.

Self-love is self liberation

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.