Nathaniel Branden Quotes

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

I don't like myself you know. I love myself. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.

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

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all?

Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).

The demand that we love our neighbor as ourselves contains as an axiom the demand that we shall love ourselves, shall accept ourselves as we were created.

I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

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.

It's very difficult to be fully accepting of who you are when you've got that superficial world out there.

If you like yourself, other people will like you

There is someone I accept even though I do not approve of all he does...and that someone is me

Self-esteem is the goddamn root of all evil.

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

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

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

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

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

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

Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.

You have to love yourself before you can love anyone. I think that’s very, very important, no matter how old you are or what you’re doing. You have to be able to love yourself because that’s when things fall into place.

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.

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

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