Best Self Esteem Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.”

“Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest.”

“I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.”

“At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.”

“For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.”

“You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.”

“Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.”

“We've always been for women and for biggin' up their self-esteem. That's why we do songs like 'Independent.'”

“A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.”

“Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

“Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts — only then can you be successful.”

“The more we see ourselves as a vibrant, successful, inspiring person who boldly declares and manifests her vision, the more we become just that.”

“You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.”

“You have a unique gift to offer this world. Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you and keep away from people who bring you down. When you treat yourself kindly and respect the uniqueness of those around you, you will be giving this world an amazing gift... YOU!”

“Dear Fellow Human Being,”

“You’ve got to be sure of yourself before”

“Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try.”

“When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.”

“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. And before we are fully aware of it, we have sold our soul to the many grade-givers. That means we are not only in the world, but also of the world. Then we become what the world makes us. We are intelligent because someone gives us a high grade. We are helpful because someone says thanks. We are likable because someone likes us. And we are important because someone considers us indispensable. In short, we are worthwhile because we have successes. And the more we allow our accomplishments — the results of our actions — to become the criteria of our self-esteem, the more we are going to walk on our mental and spiritual toes, never sure if we will be able to live up to the expectations which we created by our last successes. In many people’s lives, there is a nearly diabolic chain in which their anxieties grow according to their successes. This dark power has driven many of the greatest artists into self-destruction.”

“When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work – the most you will make is 5 dollars.”

“You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just”

“Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, "I did it before, so I can do it again.”

“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.”

“...It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in the shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you.”

“Often people that settle in life are those that only do what they can with what they have and where they are. Never settle for someone that didn't know your worth from the beginning, or build a life without God in it. Live beyond your low expectations.”

“Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.”

“If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.”

“Give people time. Give people space. Don’t beg anyone to stay. Let them roam. What’s meant for you will always be yours.”

“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”

“All positive interactions with other human beings involve, to some degree, the experience of visibility-- that is, the experience of being seen and understood.”

“Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.”

“Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there's one person who never ceased to love you - yourself.”

“I believe with all my heart that the cliches are true, that we are our own best friends and best company, and that if you're not right for yourself, it's impossible to be right for anyone.”

“Many are still floundering in the darkness”

“Therefore the Sage knows himself, but he is not opinionated. He loves himself, but he is not arrogant. He lets go of conceit and opinion, and embraces self-knowledge and love.”

“Just because someone did not have the ability, the capacity, or the willingness to love us, has nothing to do with our lovability.”

“I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition. They reach the summit last because they know God isn’t at the top waiting for them. He is down below helping his followers to understand that the view is glorious where ever you stand.”

“Thank you, Rollin, for believing in me. No one has ever believed in me the way you do.”

“There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.”

“Don’t believe negative voices. Listen to the divine-instinct of awaken soul.”

“Her soul was a garden”

“You will create yourself with continuous self-education.”

“Some people us language to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.”

“Every beginner possesses a great potential to be an expert in his or her chosen field.”

“Something about breaking my own heart, time after time, made me sublime.”

“My reflection”

“It's okay to be wicked every once in a while. Sometimes good people must do bad things to save themselves.”

“Remember that you have never been half of anything. A human. A child. A woman. A man. You are whole. An entirety. Remember that you do not need anyone else to complete you.”

“I feel like I have all this love to give and nobody deserving of it. No one is worthy. Not anymore and so it sits on a shelf that I occasionally forget to dust and withers because occasionally, I forget to water it. Myself. My love.”

“You have bled. You have cried. You have had sand kicked in your eyes. On your dreams all before. There is no difference then. Now. Twenty-four. Twenty-two. Eighteen. Twelve. You do not cave. So why do you think you should now?”

“Be kind to yourself and the love will catch up.”

“Honey pie. If you just wait with me until the sunrise a whole new day will rise along with it. A whole new you wanting to reach the other side because things might seem bad for now, but there is so much more to live for than not because your story it's not finished, so neither is mine.”

“I figure, in the end, we break and are broken, but that only lets the light in.”

“And most importantly, live your life for yourself. Be unapologetically happy. Unapologetically free. Unapologetically you.”

“I used to look in the mirror and fall in love with myself more each day. One day that stopped and I didn’t realize it until I started to love myself again.”

“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 of being happy and at peace with ourselves.”

“Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.”

“You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.”

“Do we take less pride in the possession of our home because its walls were built by some unknown carpenter, its tapestries woven by some unknown weaver on a far Oriental shore, in some antique time? No. We show our home to our friends with the pride as if it were our home, which it is. Why then should we take less pride when reading a book written by some long-dead author? Is it not our book just as much, or even more so, than theirs? So the landowner says, ‘Look at my beautiful home! Isn’t it fine?’ And not, ‘Look at the home so-and-so has built.’ Thus we shouldn’t cry, ‘Look what so-and-so has written. What a genius so-and-so is!’ But rather, ‘Look at what I have read! Am I not a genius? Have I not invented these pages? The walls of this universe, did I not build? The souls of these characters, did I not weave?”

“What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?”

“Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.”

“All the external adoration, respect and adulation in the word, can't drown out the internal voices that tell us, we are not good enough and unworthy of; happiness, love and an abundant life. When we need others to tell us were amazing, worthy and lovable, in order to feel good about ourselves, it is never enough. It goes into the bottomless pit where our inherent self-worth should be. It may feel like we are reaching out to receive love, but in actuality, we are seeking external noise to help drown out our negative core beliefs.”

“Raise you awareness and share your uniqueness to the world.”

“Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”

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

“When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.”

“You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.”

“Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: "The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try.”

“Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life.”

“You have a unique gift to offer this world. Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you and keep away from people who bring you down. When you treat yourself kindly and respect the uniqueness of those around you, you will be giving this world an amazing gift... YOU!”

“Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected.”

“I own my life, from head to toe, sorrow to sapience, wonder to woe.”

“We tend to be our own worst critic. Judging ourselves far more harshly than anyone else would. Don't fall into the trap of believing the lies you think about yourself.”

“The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough!”

“If you don't know what you want, you'll never find it.”

“Today is a new day and it brings with it a new set of opportunities for me to act on.”

“MISERABLE”

“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”

“Dare to love yourself”

“Don't doubt yourself, that's what haters are for.”

“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 one and the same.”

“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”

“Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear.”

“originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.”

“My priority is not about grades. I seek yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom.”

“To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction.”

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.”

“Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.”

“The possibility of the dream gives strength.”

“They are called, "SELF-worth" and "SELF-esteem" for a reason... we can't let others decide what we are worth, that is so dangerous! Empower yourself!”

“When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.”

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

“Life is like a sandwich!”

“Dear Child,”

“Life is like a game of chess.”

“In youth, it was a way I had,”

“I may have been counted out, but I was never canceled. My past held losses, but my spirit holds legacy. I don’t just believe in myself—I decree myself unstoppable. Eviction couldn’t evict my vision. Repossession couldn’t reclaim my worth. I’ve felt poverty, but I thought like overflow. I walk like freedom. I praise like it’s already paid. Financial freedom isn’t coming—it’s already in motion!”

“To a loner it hardly seems possible-not even”

“Stand tall like a tower of God.”

“Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.”