Maxwell Maltz Quotes

If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater.

Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it.

It's very hard to be OK with who you are and not care what other people think of you. Believe me, I know.

When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

I think anybody should be confident in themselves.

Confidence is sexy. So if you're confident in who you are, that's sexier than anything.

Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force.

If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.

Self confidence plays an important part in every aspect of man's life.

I don't think of myself as a terribly confident person. But I have a survival mechanism that was instilled in me by my mother.

Thank you for this lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt.

Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished. We crumble before vicissitudes that a healthier sense of self could vanquish. We tend to be more influenced by the desire to avoid pain than to experience joy. Negatives have more power over us than positives.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.

There's a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don't let anybody tell you any different, because everyone's special and everyone's awesome.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

Standards are a little crazy these days. I think that, when you go to sleep, as long as you're happy with the way you are and the way you look, that's the most important thing. I think it's an internal thing. As long as you feel good with who you are and comfortable with what you're wearing, but not if that's the most important thing.

What this does for me emotionally, psychologically and spiritually - to look in the mirror and not be ashamed - has been very important in not relapsing.

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.

Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.

I was born with confidence in myself and who I am. Even when I was a little kid, I felt that, and I carried it all through my years. I'm 26 now, and I'm still that person. I think every woman needs to have that self-love.