"The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do."
- James Allen
"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
- Malcolm S. Forbes
"That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem."
- Samuel Johnson
"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."
- John Milton
"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away."
- Charles Schwab
"The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work."
- Brian Tracy
"Trust yourself, then you will know how to live."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are."
- Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."
- Denis Waitley
"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."
- Sam Walton
"There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self."
- Hindu Proverb
"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
- Aldous Huxley
"Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable."
- Zig Ziglar
"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
- Baltasar Gracian
"Self pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in the world."
- Helen Keller
"Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world making the most of one's best."
- Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
- Abraham Heschel
"Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life."
- Joe Clark
"Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality."
- Les Brown
"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."
- Richard Bach
"A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves."
- Jean De La Bruyere
"Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem."
- Eric Hoffer
"First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe," three times."
- Norman Vincent Peale
"I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this."
- A. C. Benson
"If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price."
- Unknown Author
"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."
- Albert Einstein
"Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on."
- Maxwell Maltz
"Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."
- Anthony Trollope
