#esteem

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#esteem #ourselves #reputation #self #self esteem

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure. ↗

— Ed Asner

#self-esteem #self-respect #dating

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

— Robert Galbraith

#j-k-rowling #self-esteem #wallflower #inspirational

Our choices in life are made according to our sense of our own worth. ↗

— Kaylan Pickford

#self-esteem #life

Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. ↗

— Alice S. Rossi

#equality #men #self-esteem #sense #sexual

Vogue began to focus on the body as much as on the clothes, in part because there was little they could dictate with the anarchic styles...In a stunning move, an entire replacement culture was developed by naming a 'problem' where it had scarcely existed before, centering it on the women's natural state, and elevating it to the existential female dilemma...The number of diet-related articles rose 70 percent from 1968 to 1972...The lucrative 'transfer of guilt' was resurrected just in time. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty-myth #self-esteem #society #beauty

In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#change #character #empowerment #love #men

If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life then we’ll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#self-esteem #change

Just ’cause a body says somethin’ don’t make it so. You know who you are, and they can’t change that no matter what them cacklin’ hens is to say.” He tapped him on the chest. “What matters is what’s in here, son. Not a soul can take that away from you. ↗

— Tracy Winegar

#inspiriational #self-esteem #change

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

— Michael J. Fox

#bullying #courage #dignity #saving-milly #self-esteem