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Self Esteem

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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
Self Esteem

"Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
Self Esteem

"What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem."

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Steve-O Actor, Stunt Performer
Self Esteem

"Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but right away I found that not eating meat made me feel good about myself. It increased my self-esteem, which I found so rewarding, I wanted to do more."

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
Self Esteem

"What we do in dreams we also do when we are awake: we invent and fabricate the person with whom we associate - and immediately forget we have done so."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
Self Esteem

"To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one."

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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
Self Esteem

"The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from doing the daily things you know you should do. Your self esteem will start to soar when you make some critical decisions - decisions to walk a new road, to start a new direction, to start a new discipline."

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Martin Lawrence Actor, Comedian
Self Esteem

"For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder."

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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
Self Esteem

"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Self Esteem

"If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity."

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