“The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.”
“The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.”
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
“We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.”
“Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.”
“All the extraordinary men I have known were extraordinary in their own estimation.”
“It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.”
“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”
“A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.”
“That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.”
“The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.”
“The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.”
“A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.”
“He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.”
“Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.”
“Until you value yourself you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”
“Blessed are they who heal us of self-despising. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious.”
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
“Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.”
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
“Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.”
“While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.”
“Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.”
“I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others.”
“There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.”
“A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having.”
“When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.”
“It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
“To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.”