Dial UP That Confidence! 100 Best Self-Esteem Quotes

Self-esteem is essential for living a fulfilling life. This is due to the fact that believing in yourself and accepting yourself for who you are is critical to success, relationships, and happiness.

And self-esteem gives us this belief in our abilities as well as the motivation to put them into action, ultimately leading to fulfillment as we navigate life with a positive outlook.

Such is self-esteem; it has a direct relationship with our overall well-being, and we would be wise to remember this for ourselves and those around us.

With all that, we should therefore endeavor to keep our self-esteem intact and to continually nourish this high regard for our worth.

So, whenever you’re feeling a dip in self-esteem, give yourself a boost by reading our list of the 100 best self-esteem quotes to dial that confidence back up!

100 Self-esteem quotes

Positive self-esteem quotes

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.
– Alan Cohen

I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.
– Queen Latifah

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
– Marianne Williamson

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
– Helen Keller

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
– Thomas Jefferson

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.
– Brian Tracy

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
– Marie Curie

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
– T. Harv Eker

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
– Norman Vincent Peale

Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.
– Alan Cohen

Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.
– Shannon L. Alder

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.
– Laurie Halse Anderson

Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
– Lucille Ball

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
– Ayn Rand

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.
– Nathaniel Branden

Just remember, there are no quick fixes. But, by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline.
– Scott Allan

You are you, no one else is you, you are the right you, and the right you, is the you that you love.
– Ya’ira Somerville

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
– Jack Canfield

If you don’t love yourself it’s tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.
– Karen Salmansohn

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
– Eleanor Roosevelt

If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.
– Fred Rogers

When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the light of the world.
– Harry Palmer

Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.
– Tina Fey

So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
– Alan Watts

Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.
– Rob Liano

Your fear of looking stupid is making you look stupid. What other people think of you is none of your business.
– Thibaut

Things you won’t say on your deathbed: “I wish I paid more attention to what other people think.
– Johnny Uzan

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.
– Nathaniel Branden

Self-esteem quotes short

You are blessed and highly favored.
– Les Brown

The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.
– Osho

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
– Peter T. McIntyre

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
– Helen Keller

Respect your uniqueness, and drop comparison. Relax into your being.
– Osho

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
– Madonna

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.
– Anthony Trollope

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
– Michel de Montaigne

Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.
– Teresa Mummert

Be yourself, you’re already fully equipped to succeed at that.
– Rob Liano

Personality begins where comparison leaves off.
– Shannon L. Alder

Never let success get to your head; never let failures get to your heart.
– Ziad K. Abdelnour

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.
– Robert Morley

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.
– Brené Brown

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
– Carl Gustav Jung

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.
– Robert Hand

You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.
– Yogi Bhajan

It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.
– W.C. Fields

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.
– Jean Vanier

The worst outcome in this world is not having self-esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?
– Naval Ravikant

One who knows himself is never disturbed by what you think about him.
– Osho

I hope you’re able to grow to respect whoever you are inside.
– Fred Rogers

It’s exhausting caring about what other people think.
– Thibaut

A person’s self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
– Halle Berry

Funny self-esteem quotes

I don’t care what they say about me. I just want to eat.
– Pam Beesly, The Office

Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.
– Meryl Streep

Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
– Michael Scott, The Office

I’m not offended by blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb. And I also know that I’m not blonde.
– Dolly Parton

My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.
– Garry Shandling

It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine.
– Byron Katie

Someday I want to be perfect; until then, I’ll be happy being incredible.
– Maxine Cartoons

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
– Ayn Rand

You don’t worry ’bout fitting in when you custom made.
– Drake

I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.
– Albert Einstein

People will stare. Make it worth their while.
– Harry Winston

If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?
– Tina Fey

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right.
– Ashleigh Brilliant

Unless they paying your bills, pay them bitches no mind.
– RuPaul

People say I act like I don’t care. It’s not an act.
– Unknown

Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway.
– Robert Downey Jr.

Not everybody has to love me. I can’t force you to have good taste.
– Unknown

I saw a study that said speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. Number two was death. This means to the average person, if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.
– Jerry Seinfeld

When I’m in social situations, I always hold onto my glass. It makes me feel comfortable and secure and I don’t have to shake hands.
– Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Here’s some advice: At a job interview, tell them you’re willing to give 110 percent. Unless the job is a statistician.
– Adam Gropman

There is one word that describes people that don’t like me: Irrelevant.
– Unknown

Don’t let the idiots ruin your day.
– Unknown

‘Are you free tomorrow?’ ‘No, I’m expensive.’
– Rebel Circus

I’ve lost my ability to give a damn. If found, no need to return it. Go ahead and keep it. See if it works for you.
– Unknown

I am W.E.I.R.D. Wonderful. Exciting. Interesting. Real. Different.
– Unknown

Self-esteem for self-worth quotes

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
– William James

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.
– Sarah Dessen

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
– Benjamin Spock

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
– Edward Everett Hale

Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth.
– Iyanla Vanzant

Don’t measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated.
– Charlie Mackesy

Much of your self-esteem doesn’t come from what happens to you on a given day or what somebody says, but what you know about yourself on the inside.
– Dr. Judy Ho

You can be anything you want to be; all you have to do is believe.
– Jovantae D

To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.
– Sandra Bierig

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
– Denis Waitley

A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.
– Andrew Matthews

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
– Maya Angelou

Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.
– Stacey Charter

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here.
– Venus Williams

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
– Lao-Tzu

People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.
– Wayne Dyer

Self-esteem begins with self-understanding, grows with courage and perseverance, ends with confidence.
– Maxime Lagacé

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
– Hindu Proverb

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.
– Eckhart Tolle

Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
– Rumi

It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
– Sidney J. Harris

The world will never value you more than you value yourself.
– Bill Masur

Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know.
– Naval Ravikant

Self-esteem isn’t everything; it’s just that there’s nothing without it.
– Gloria Steinem

Your sense of self-worth comes from you alone – never the opinion of others.
– Robert Greene

Defining self-esteem

Simply put, self-esteem is your high regard for yourself because you know your worth and you value yourself.

Self-esteem is knowing you are not perfect but that you strive to improve. You are confident in your own abilities and can rely on them. However, you are not intimidated by others who know more than you; on the contrary, you are more likely to want to learn from them.

In the same way, you do not look down on others; rather, you help them grow and are happy for their accomplishments.

All of this is because your attitude towards yourself is that of a whole person, fully capable, persistent, resilient, and capable of great success.

With a healthy sense of self-esteem, you…

Appreciate both yourself and others.
Enjoy growing as a person and find fulfillment in achieving your life goals.
Find creative solutions to problems, situations, or difficulties you encounter in life.
Have the ability to make decisions based on your own thought process.
Only conform to other people if you understand and agree with their logic.
Have your own personal philosophies, beliefs, and values that serve as your anchor, compass, and sail in life.
Maintain and strengthen the bonds of your existing relationships while easily connecting and fostering relationships with others.

How to improve your self-esteem

The advantages of having a healthy sense of self-esteem are undeniable. As a result, developing a high regard for yourself is critical because it has a significant impact on nearly every aspect of life. It can have an effect on your relationships, job, and health.

That being said, here are some suggestions for improving your self-esteem.

Get to know yourself

Understand what makes you, YOU. What makes you tick, what distinguishes you, what are your values and beliefs, and what are your strengths and weaknesses?

Knowing all of this will serve as your starting point. It is your reckoning point, the point at which you accepted yourself for who you are and began working on yourself on the things you can change and improve in order to reach your full potential.

Be kind and forgiving to yourself

Nobody is perfect. What you are is a work in progress. Not towards perfection, but to the best version of yourself.

And embarking on a journey to self-improvement and healthy self-esteem is not an easy one. You are bound to encounter difficulties and challenges and you may find yourself flagging, weary, and ready to declare yourself a failure.

But, it is at these times that you should show kindness to yourself. Because you can sometimes become your own worst enemy. More critical and unforgiving of your flaws and shortcomings than any other person.

So, whenever you find yourself thinking negatively, stop yourself right away. Instead, recognize the learning and growth you can gain from your mistakes while also celebrating your achievements thus far.

Create bite-sized goals

Failure to achieve the goals we set for ourselves can sometimes undermine our self-esteem. Meanwhile, the reason for failure may be that our goals are unrealistic—both in terms of the deadline and the magnitude of the goal we set.

To improve our attitude toward ourselves and our abilities, therefore, we should break down a large goal into manageable chunks and allow enough time for these to be completed.

Learn new skills and get out of your comfort zone

When you have a healthy sense of self-esteem, you can recognize your own abilities. You know what you can do and what you can become.

Without this healthy view of yourself, you are more likely to see only the negative, that you are not good or capable enough to achieve or improve in any way.

One way to get over this thinking is to learn and develop new skills. By learning a new skill or honing an existing one, you then have a way of challenging your negative, harsh, and exaggerated thoughts about yourself.

Now, learning new skills does not have to be super technical or savvy in any way; any new learning outside of your comfort zone is a step in the right direction.

They can include a wide range of activities, many of which you may naturally enjoy, such as drawing, sculpting, painting, poetry, fiction writing, non-fiction writing, storytelling, photography, knitting, or musical instrument playing.

You could also try learning computer and digital skills such as coding, graphic design, or web development.

You could also try learning a new language or participating in sports. Alternatively, you can improve your social and communication skills by joining groups such as book clubs, improv, or volunteering.

Celebrate your wins, even small ones

Accept and appreciate your feelings of confidence and pride.

Take a moment to celebrate whenever you achieve a win, such as being able to do something correctly, contributing to a discussion, overcoming a negative thought, or being kind to yourself. Tap yourself on the back, high-five yourself, punch the air or perform your own victory dance.

Recognizing each win, no matter how small, will boost your self-esteem and demonstrate how building self-esteem can help you feel more at ease with yourself.

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