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Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. |
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily... |
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I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got. |
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I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it. |
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself. |
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. |
Instead of thinking about what you're missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing. |
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Love yourself, for if you don't, how can you expect anybody else to love you? |
Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air |