#esteem

The witch reached into the picnic basket and pulled out a light brown chamois bag about the size of a playing card. “Maybe this will help you. It’ll boost your self-esteem.” Now we’re getting somewhere. Riley took the bag and opened it. She looked to the bottom to find … nothing. “Ah, it’s empty.” “Of course,” Ayden replied. “It’s up to you to fill it. Find things that mean something to you, that represent times where you’ve overcome an obstacle, learned something important. Put those items in the bag and they’ll help you find your strength. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#strength #self-esteem

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics. ↗

— Sebastian Horsley

#narcotics #self-esteem #self-pity #self-esteem

If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#worthy #self-esteem

It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are. (413) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#perception #self-awareness #self-esteem #self-awareness

You are the most influential person you will talk to all day. ↗

— Zig Ziglar INC.

#self-esteem #self-help #self-improvement #success #self-empowerment

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#esteemed #highly #most #music #operas

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child. ↗

— Halle Berry

#comes #how #life #raised #self-esteem

If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated. (11) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#different #joy #self #self-care #self-esteem

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#courage #esteemed #first #guarantees #human

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fact a language, it is clearly one that is already heavily edited to protect men's sexual--and hence social--confidence while undermining that of women. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #eating-disorders #feminism #self-esteem #society