Jack Canfield Quotes

One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.

I've struggled for confidence and had great doubts about myself. But, personally, I'm not riddled with guilt.

I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.

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.

You are better than you think.

I remove the work should from my vocabulary forever. Should is a word that makes a prisoner of me. Every time I say should, I am making myself wrong, or I am making someone else wrong. I am, in effect, saying I am not good enough.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role.

I think, when you value yourself and respect yourself, everything else just falls into place.

I still have a lot of moments where I don't feel worthy.

If, through my own personal journey, I can inspire someone else to self-love, that would be the biggest accomplishment.

A struggle in my life is to feel like I'm a good person and to feel like I'm a nice person. I try to be and anytime I fall short of that it feels really bad.

Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.

Love yourself for who you are and just keep going.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

To all the seeds that follow me protect your essence, Born with less, but you still precious.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more, but loving yourselves more.

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.

You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.