Nikki Glaser Quotes

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.

I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.

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.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

I'm just not self-deprecating.

In general, for me, a big thing in my life has been just sort of learning what true self-esteem is and what true positive self-image is. And being a dancer, and growing up in that world, you're so focused on yourself, and you're so focused on achieving goals, on finding perfection, and working on your craft.

You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you.

In terms of self-esteem and confidence I think I'm generally quite healthy.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I wasn't the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.

If I don't love my character, I can't do it.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

I've suffered from low self-esteem.

If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

I have faith in my imperfections!

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.

That's something we should be taught as kids: To be okay with ourselves.

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.

Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.