"We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks."
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"No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself."
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"There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun."
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"I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am."
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"Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours."
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"People say to me, Hey, Bill, the war made us feel better about ourselves. Really? What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves? May I suggest, instead of a war to feel better about yourself, perhaps... sit-ups? Maybe a fruit cup? Eight glasses of water a day?"
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"Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you."
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"Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict."
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"I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it"
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"Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency."
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"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."
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"What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves?"
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"We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives."
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"Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness."
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"I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull."
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"Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written."
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"Look the world straight in the eye."
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"The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation."
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"She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself."
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"The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment."
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