T. Harv Eker Quotes

There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.

But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

Stop hiding! Stop holding yourself back and playing yourself down! Stop worrying about how you look and what people are saying. Stop listening to what people are saying and trying to find out if they are whispering about you. Stop waiting for someone to tell you that you are okay or to make you feel special. Life is special! It is a special gift. This is your life! Now take your gift and live it out in the open! Decide today that you are going to live out loud!

No shade to the other artists in Chicago... but if you got confidence in yourself and you know you're Number One, say it.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people.

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

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on a set, say, that doesn't really value a woman's point of view, regardless of how they feel, continuing to give my point of view and try to find a way to be heard and not diminishing myself because other people are diminishing me. Because that, I think, is the worst temptation that, you know, you judge yourself by how others are judging you, and to fall into that trap is to walk into the realm of self-annihilation.

Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.

We need to get women to the point where they aren't apologizing. Its time to take ownership in our success.

Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.

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.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'

I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

No one will believe in you until you believe in you.

You will never be able to bet on yourself unless you believe in yourself.

Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance.

I realized that I've lived half my life already, and it's time to believe in - and stand up for - myself.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn't bad - different is just different!