59 Quotes About Self-Esteem and Confidence

 

Hold your head high. Sit up straight. Un-slouch your shoulders. Take pride in your accomplishments.

Without uttering a word, declare to everyone around you that you are confident, self-assured, and on a path to greatness.

Your body language projects a message, even when you remain silent.

Today’s quotes are about self-esteem and confidence. Use these words of wisdom to reflect upon your self-esteem and the image you present to the world.

Do these quotes reflect who you are, who you want to be, or who you are becoming?

Your self-confidence and self-respect begin with you.

Hold your head up, stand up straight, and show the world who you are.

 

Quotes About Self-Esteem and Confidence

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. ~ Marie Curie

You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. ~ Diane von Furstenberg

You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life. ~ Coco Chanel

To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love – because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed value. ~ Ayn Rand

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. ~ Ayn Rand

I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

You can only offend me if you mean something to me. ~ Chris Rock

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ~ Olin Miller

...by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline. ~ Scott Allan

Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. ~ Thaddeus Golas

In an age where there is much talk about “being yourself” I reserve to myself the right to forget about being myself, since in any case there is very little chance of my being anybody else. ~ Thomas Merton

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. ~ Mohadesa Najumi

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. ~ Oscar Wilde

I dress for myself because when I feel good, it doesn’t matter what other people say. I think it’s all about confidence and the way you carry yourself that draws people to you. ~ Emma Roberts

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ~ Oscar Wilde

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome… ~ Desmond Tutu

If you want to test how powerful your mind is, simply start thinking positively and see the results for yourself. ~ Maddy Malhotra

If one concentrates reflection too much on one’s self, one ends by no longer seeing anything, or seeing only what one wishes. ~ Joseph Marie Degérando

By the very act, as it were, of capturing one’s self, the personage we believe we have seized, escapes—disappears. ~ Joseph Marie Degérando

It is folly for him who cannot command himself to think to command others. ~ Decimus Laberius

There’s power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice. And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. ~ Michelle Obama

You won’t ever get ahead if you keep feeling sorry for yourself...You have a lot of potential but your life won’t change until you change how you think. ~ Michele Woolley

A self-confident person is often a good problem solver and stress manager, self-reflective and able to clearly observe, articulate, and take ownership of his faults and vulnerabilities. ~ Ramani Durvasula

Because self-confident people have a well-formed sense of identity and values, they do not feel the need to disrespect other people, because they know who they are and do not feel threatened by other people or their views. ~ Ramani Durvasula

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. ~ Malcolm Forbes

It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. ~ Epicurus

True courage is unassuming. ~ Anthony Hulsius

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence. ~ Blake Lively

Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up. ~ Isabelle Lafleche

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. ~ Amelia Earhart

The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure. The process is its own reward. ~ Amelia Earhart

Be open about your thoughts, ideas, and desires and you will be right with your decisions. ~ Oscar Auliq-Ice

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. ~ Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. ~ Helen Keller

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. ~ Helen Keller

With confidence, you have won before you have started. ~ Marcus Garvey

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. ~ Anonymous

Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Harvey Fierstein

Try approving of yourself and see what happens. ~ Louise Hay

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. ~ Robert Hand

Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them. ~ T. Harv Eker

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have. ~ Brian Tracy

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ~ Peter T. McIntyre

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. ~ Anthony Trollope

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ~ Michel de Montaigne

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

Always remember you matter, you’re important and you are loved, and you bring to this world things no one else can. ~ Charlie Mackesy

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. ~ Nathaniel Branden

Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself. ~ Teresa Mummert

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. ~ Marianne Williamson

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? ~ Marianne Williamson

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. ~ Marianne Williamson

We are all meant to shine, as children do. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Marianne Williamson

The moment you doubt you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. ~ J. M. Barrie

 

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