Self-esteem is how we perceive and value ourselves. Do not let others decide your worth. Learn to appreciate yourself more and for what you are capable of. Believe in yourself for what you can do and continue improving yourself. May these quotes on self-esteem give you insights to help you build your self-worth and boost your self-confidence.
1. “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” – Ayn Rand
2. “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
3. “Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
4. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett
5. “I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.” – Elizabeth Taylor
6. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Mary Dunbar
7. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
8. “What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.” – Sarah Dessen
9. “In your own life, it's important to know how spectacular you are.” – Steve Maraboli
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10. “I'm not a wannabe. I'm who I wannabe.” – Hawk Nelson
11. “You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues.” – Craig Sheffer
12. “There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” – Hindu Proverb
13. “Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.” – Glennon Doyle Melton
14. “You just have to say to yourself, I am not willing to accept anything less than what I deserve, I am smart, I am beautiful, I am a good woman and I deserve to be happy. It all starts with you.” – Amari Soul
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15. “Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.” – Kurt Hahn
16. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Alan Cohen
17. “Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.” – Cheri K. Erdman
18. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
19. “Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
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20. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively
21. “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” – Charlotte Bronte
22. “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
23. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” – Haruki Murakami
24. “As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.” – Nic Sheff
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25. “The more you value yourself, the healthier your boundaries are.” – Lorraine Nilon
26. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
27. “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.” – James Baldwin
28. “When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” – Jean Shinoda Bolen
29. “Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.” – Corita Kent
30. “Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life.” – Amit Ray
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31. “You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.” – Maxwell Maltz
32. “Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.” – John Ortberg
33. “The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.” – Stephen Richards
34. “Beauty begins the moment you decided to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel
35. “The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours, it is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.” – Bob Moawad
36. “Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.” – Nathaniel Branden
37. “Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.” – Beau Taplin
38. “Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.” – Albert Ellis
39. “Sometimes the noise of life can be just too much. If you need to escape, love yourself enough to know when you need a real time out.” – Anonymous
40. “I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
41. “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” – August Wilson
42. “Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” – Brigham Young
43. “You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds. Claim and consciously use your power.” – Louise L. Hay
44. “It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” – Warsan Shire
45. “The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
46. “You can never meet your potential until you truly learn to love yourself.” – Anonymous
47. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
48. “Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.” – Iyanla Vanzant
49. “You are not what others think you are. You are what God knows you are.” – Shannon Alder
50. “There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
51. “We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
52. “There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.” – Brian Andreas
53. “When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.” – Gabrielle Bernstein
54. “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” – Steve Maraboli
55. “Self–worth is so vital to your happiness if you don’t feel good about yourself, it’s hard to feel good about anything else.” – Sandy Hale
56. “Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.” – Louise Hart
57. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey
58. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
59. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” – Marilyn Monroe
60. “Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.” – Jack Canfield
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2. “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
3. “Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
4. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett
5. “I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.” – Elizabeth Taylor
6. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Mary Dunbar
7. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
8. “What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.” – Sarah Dessen
9. “In your own life, it's important to know how spectacular you are.” – Steve Maraboli
11. “You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues.” – Craig Sheffer
12. “There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.” – Hindu Proverb
13. “Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.” – Glennon Doyle Melton
14. “You just have to say to yourself, I am not willing to accept anything less than what I deserve, I am smart, I am beautiful, I am a good woman and I deserve to be happy. It all starts with you.” – Amari Soul
16. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Alan Cohen
17. “Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.” – Cheri K. Erdman
18. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
19. “Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
21. “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” – Charlotte Bronte
22. “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
23. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” – Haruki Murakami
24. “As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.” – Nic Sheff
26. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
27. “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.” – James Baldwin
28. “When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” – Jean Shinoda Bolen
29. “Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.” – Corita Kent
30. “Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life.” – Amit Ray
More Self-worth and Self-esteem Quotes
31. “You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.” – Maxwell Maltz
32. “Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.” – John Ortberg
33. “The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.” – Stephen Richards
34. “Beauty begins the moment you decided to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel
35. “The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours, it is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.” – Bob Moawad
36. “Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.” – Nathaniel Branden
37. “Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.” – Beau Taplin
38. “Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.” – Albert Ellis
39. “Sometimes the noise of life can be just too much. If you need to escape, love yourself enough to know when you need a real time out.” – Anonymous
40. “I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
41. “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” – August Wilson
42. “Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” – Brigham Young
43. “You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds. Claim and consciously use your power.” – Louise L. Hay
44. “It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” – Warsan Shire
45. “The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
46. “You can never meet your potential until you truly learn to love yourself.” – Anonymous
47. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
48. “Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.” – Iyanla Vanzant
49. “You are not what others think you are. You are what God knows you are.” – Shannon Alder
50. “There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
51. “We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
52. “There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.” – Brian Andreas
53. “When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.” – Gabrielle Bernstein
54. “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” – Steve Maraboli
55. “Self–worth is so vital to your happiness if you don’t feel good about yourself, it’s hard to feel good about anything else.” – Sandy Hale
56. “Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.” – Louise Hart
57. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” – Marcus Garvey
58. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
59. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” – Marilyn Monroe
60. “Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.” – Jack Canfield
Share these Boosting Self-esteem Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.