Nathaniel Branden Quotes

What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.

How do you measure your value?

The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.

Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

To really 'live,' that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can life with. You must find yourself acceptable to 'you.'

I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a person.

Changing ideas is a strain not to be lightly incurred, particularly when these ideas are intimately related to one’s self-esteem ... men have elaborated an explanation for their situation in life.... Their rationales are endowed with moral qualities

I've never let anyone measure me in my entire life, but I think I'm 5-11.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

I'm so much better than James Vick.

I see myself as what I'm worth.

The only opinion that really affects me is my own opinion of myself because I determine the way I am, not anyone else.

I've always said I think I'm a totally normal guy.

I'm not going to let people not think I'm good. That's not who I am.

I don't really consider myself a stud.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.

Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes.

Your level of performance matches your dominant self image.

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.