#tee

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#values

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#self-esteem #self-satisfaction #satisfaction

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. ↗

— Robert Hand

#self #self-esteem #show-off #confidence

Piper had a new entry in her top-ten list of Times Piper Felt Useless. Fighting Shrimpzilla with a dagger and a pretty voice? Not so effective. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #piper-mclean #self-confidence #self-esteem #skolopendra

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#self-image #consciousness

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#born #forests #grew #hill #i

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

#self-esteem #determination

Being classy is my teenage rebellion. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#convention #fashion #manners #rebellion #teenagers

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#self-esteem #respect

...but maybe it's just the genetic code of a teenager. If your parents forbid something, you have to want it. ↗

— Brynna Gabrielson

#rebellion #teenagers #rebellion