100 Motivating Self-Esteem Quotes to know your Self-Worth

Keeping high levels of self-worth and self-esteem improves your quality of life in a variety of ways. For instance, you are less prone to blame yourself when things in life don’t go your way.

When you have low self-confidence, it requires effort to learn how to feel more confident. But with time, you may elevate your spirits and begin to change those self-defeating feelings with the aid of some encouraging quotes about confidence and the support of your inner circle.

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These well-known inspiring sayings from your favorite authors and celebrities should help you feel better about yourself and love yourself more.

25 Self-Esteem Quotes for Inspiration

1. “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”― Ayn Rand

2. “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”― Mark Twain

3. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

4. “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

5. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock

6. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”― Andre Gide

7. “Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” – Thaddeus Golas

8. “Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.”― Dr. Roopleen

9. “If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

10. “Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”― Brigham Young

11. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

12. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie

13. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson

14. “If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” – T. Harv Eker

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

16. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie

17. “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. McIntyre

18. “Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller

19. “You are blessed and highly favored.” – Les Brown

20. “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

21. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

22. “Don’t let anyone make you feel that you don’t deserve the good things that happen in your life.” — Paulo Coelho

23. “Love yourself and love those around you. Take care of yourself and take care of those around you. Lead by example. Give love. Be a part of everything that is great in the world, and in turn, there is more love and greatness in the world! Change the world!” – Jeffrey I. Moore

24. “Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.” – Alan Cohen

25. “You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”― Diane Von Furstenberg

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26. “Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because someone’s version of reality is not your reality.”― Shannon L. Alder

27. “At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that.”― Amit Ray

28. “I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”― Laurie Halse Anderson

29. “If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After a while you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”― Criss Jami

30. “The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

31. “Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character.” – Laura Schlessinger

32. “Never let success get to your head; never let failures get to your heart.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

33. “Remember that this is YOUR LIFE, and nothing is more important than YOU.”― Miya Yamanouchi

34. “Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.” – Dan Pena

35. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James

36. “Sometimes the most important person to know is yourself.” — Philip Ai

37. “Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.” – Jack Canfield

38. “You can be anything you want to be; all you have to do is believe.” — Jovantae D

39. “You can’t let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that’s what it is – self-esteem.” – Winnie Harlow

40. “You don’t have to be the prettiest girl in the room for every guy to want you and every girl to want to be you.” — Nichole W

41. “Sometimes the best thing you can do is stand in the rain and not care how wet your clothes get.” — Sarah R

42. “When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.”― Shannon L. Alder

43. “What you think to be the end may actually be a great beginning to a bright future. So, don’t conclude the end and live your part boldly.” — Saranya P.M.

44. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein

45. “To make a difference in anyone else’s life you must first make a difference in your own. Start small; you’ll never believe the things you can accomplish.” — Carol Ann W

46. “If you don’t love yourself it’s tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.”― Karen Salmansohn

47. “You can’t live your life for other people. You have to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.” — Lady Unique

48. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” – Mark Twain

49. “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, but you also have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

50. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball

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51. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Alan Cohen

52. “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

53. “You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.” – Dr. Robert Anthony

54. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

55. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde

56. “I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally, it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.”  – Queen Latifah

57. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

58. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah

59. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

60. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson

61. “Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.”― Anthony Trollope

62. “I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”― Mae West

63. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”― Louise Hay

64. “There are so many more important things to worry about than how you’re perceived by strangers.”― Dennis Lehane

65. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”― Shannon L. Alder

66. “Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.”― Sarah Dessen

67. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”― Michel de Montaigne

68. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”― Madonna

69. “Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”― Lucille Ball

70. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” – M. Scott Peck

71. “The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” – Robert Hand

72. “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale

73. “At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey.”― Steve Maraboli

74. “The more you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you like discovering yourself.” – James Hilton

75. “Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.” – Iyanla Vanzant

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76. “Be yourself, you’re already fully equipped to succeed at that.” – Rob Liano

77. “Don’t measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated.” – Charlie Mackesy

78. “Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.” – Teresa Mummert

79. “We only value ourselves as others value us, for it might be said that we hold ourselves in trust for others.” – Charles Palliser

80. “Much of your self-esteem doesn’t come from what happens to you on a given day or what somebody says, but what you know about yourself on the inside.” – Dr. Judy Ho

81. “Just remember, there are no quick fixes. But, by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline.” – Scott Allan

82. “If we are going to build self-esteem, we must get committed to our promises to ourselves and to others.” – David DeNotaris

83. “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” – Tim Fargo

84. “The fact is that self-esteem and your circumstances are only indirectly related. There is another intervening factor that determines self-esteem 100 percent of the time: your thoughts.” – Matthew McKay

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86. “Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” – Parker Palmer

87. “When you have high self-esteem, you are not dependent on others to feel happy. You believe in yourself and you believe in your values more than anything.” – Angel Graff

88. “Personality begins where comparison leaves off.” – Shannon L. Alder

89. “To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence.” – Roy T. Bennett

90. “You are you, no one else is you, you are the right you, and the right you, is the you that you love.”― Yaira Somerville

91. “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” – William James

92. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” – Maxwell Maltz

93. “Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us… Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.” — Nathaniel Branden

94. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

95. “Remember: If someone’s trying to pull you down that means they’re already beneath you.” ― Karen Salmansohn

96. “Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.” — Martha Gellhorn

97. “When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” – Jean Shinoda Bolen

98. “Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.” — John Milton

99. “I have confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.” — Jane Fonda

100. “If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers

How to uplift your self-esteem?

Delivering the world our best—and also our best for ourselves, whatever that may be—requires two essential components: self-love and hope. Boosting your self-esteem can immediately improve your mental health and well-being, and it’s never a decision you’ll look back on. Knowing your value and boosting your self-esteem is crucial for leading a beautiful, happy life.

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