Self-Esteem Quotes

Below is a selection of self-esteem quotes spoken from a place of clear awareness describing a main cause of low self-esteem.

People think it is a virtue to disown parts of themselves of which they disapprove. All they succeed in doing is to keep themselves stuck with those parts forever. They have cut off the only means of growth or transformation. Nataniel Branden

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Gustav Jung

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Albert Einstein.

For real self esteem is not derived from the great things you’ve done, the things you won. The mark you’ve made – but an appreciation of yourself for what you are. Maxwell Max

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. Mark Twain.

If we really love ourselves, everything in our life works. Louise L. Hay

Some self esteem quotes pointing to what an experience of high self-esteem is like…

Those who are truly comfortable with themselves and their achievements take pleasure in being who they are, they do not need to tell the world about it. Nathaniel Branden

I am an artist of my own creation. I like myself. Sondra Ray

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. Louise L. Hay

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be authentic, you have to be everything that you are, omitting nothing. Within everyone there is light/shadow, good/evil, love/hate. Deepak Chopra