Alexander Smith Quotes

But respect yourself most of all.

I don't hate myself, as a general rule. I'd say the best way to describe it is that I have moments of self-loathing at fairly regular intervals.

The idea that you're hard to love is ludicrous.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.

There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it.

* The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.

Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what you're made of isn't good enough.

Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you can commit.

Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.

Respect starts with ourselves.

Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything.

Above all have respect for yourself.

Feeling unworthy is like putting a huge obstacle into the God force, into the life force which is everywhere.

Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness.

Just maybe I was worthy of love.

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.

To not love ourselves can keep what we want from us.

Self-approval is a dangerous state of mind.

Until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can't really have a healthy relationship.