Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

You have to feel good about yourself.

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

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

I finally like myself, at last I like myself.

I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.

I think I've been able to find happiness, and I've learned to love myself. That's a huge accomplishment for anyone, learning to love yourself.

I've always loved myself, always.

I've realised you don't gain validation from other people just because you have perfect skin or hair, it comes from the inside and I feel brighter and happier since I made peace with, and begun to accept, my spots.

Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

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

But respect yourself most of all.

Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

You have to find that love within yourself. If you love yourself, you feel good about yourself, and sports help you feel good about yourself.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

Respect starts with ourselves.

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

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.

Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.

You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.

If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.

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

I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I like the way I look, I like the way I sound, I'm happy with what I'm doing in my career - and not always be beating ourselves down.