"The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself."
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"Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal."
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"Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem."
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"I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone."
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"True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter."
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"Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design."
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"I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me."
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"Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
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"I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did."
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"But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family, in a group, in society, in the nation."
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"Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives."
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"The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self."
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"Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness."
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"The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work."
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"My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."
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"Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind."
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"Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week."
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"My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology."
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"Men aren't allowed to have self-esteem, because we're already supposed to have all the power.... But most men earn less than they want, barely the minimum wage. They're drones. They do stuff they don't want to do to support their families, and they're not sure why they do it. They don't know what they're doing half the time, and any time we stick up for ourselves, we're pigs because we don't know how to articulate our frustrations and joys."
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"I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem."
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