Thomas Mann Quotes

Self-approval is a dangerous state of mind.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.

I don't hate myself, as a general rule. I'd say the best way to describe it is that I have moments of self-loathing at fairly regular intervals.

I'm just trying to remember what self-respect feels like. It's a fading memory.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

* The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

How can you blame others for disrespecting you when you think of yourself as unworthy of respect?

Once the pathological low self-esteem goes, that's when things go downhill.

Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.

If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.

Worthiness, in very simple terms, means I have found a way to let the Energy reach me, the Energy that is natural, reach me. Worthiness, or unworthiness, is something that is pronounced upon you by you. You are the only one that can deem yourself worthy or unworthy. You are the only one who can love yourself into a state of allowing, or hate yourself in a state of disallowing. There is not something wrong with you, nor is there something wrong with one who is not loving you. You are all just, in the moment, practicing the art of not allowing, or the art of resisting

Self-love is a busy prompter.

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

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

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

We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves.

The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves

If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable.

But respect yourself most of all.

Self-rejection is the biggest sin that you can commit.

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

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

It's very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don't dig you.