Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve.

The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from doing the daily things you know you should do. Your self esteem will start to soar when you make some critical decisions - decisions to walk a new road, to start a new direction, to start a new discipline.

You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.

The key thing is confidence, and you get that from the actions that you take. It can be anything from getting chicks, being in a fight, having success at work, having a good family. A lot of that stuff comes from having confidence, so that's one of the biggest things.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

The more you like yourself, the better you do at everything you put your mind to.

I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

Self-esteem is a huge piece of my work. You have to believe it's possible and believe in yourself. Because after you've decided what you want, you have to believe it's possible, and possible for you, not just for other people. Then you need to seek out models, mentors, and coaches.

For those who don't believe in themselves, hardwork is worthless." -Maito Gai (Naruto)

Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

It is normal that when results are better, self-esteem grows, and improving things becomes more easier.

I just want to do my best to prove myself.

Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.

You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

People with high self esteem are risk takers, but more importantly, they are achievers.

Self confidence plays an important part in every aspect of man's life.

Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.