"You need to keep reminding yourself that you are a Divine piece of God. Feeling as if you're unworthy of God's abundance is the same as denying your spiritual essence."
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"I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereotype where all pretty girls think they're unattractive, but modeling is the worst thing for your self-esteem, because you're never pretty enough, you're never thin enough."
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"I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it."
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"One cannot pay the price of self-respect."
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"Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself."
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"No man can have much kindness for him by whom he does not believe himself esteemed, and nothing so evidently proves esteem as imitation."
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"You your own best thing, Sethe. You are."
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"Education does loads of things for girls that wont surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone."
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"And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences."
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"We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem."
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"There is nothing that so raises a young man's self-esteem, that so contributes to the formation of his character as for him to find himself unexpectedly confronted with a task which he has to accomplish entirely on his own initiative and by his own efforts."
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"You're best when you're not in charge. The ego locks the muse."
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"...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around."
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"Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant."
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"Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands."
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"Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem."
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"The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit."
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"I found the sections on aging, relationships, and procrastinating especially helpful. I really found the tips and suggestions very helpful, inspiring, positive, and motivating. Yes, I would definitely recommend it."
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"The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality."
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"I had very, very bad self-esteem - that I was a fake, everybody was going to find out, that I didn't deserve to have success, just about my looks and really, really bad self-esteem."
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