Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
Nathaniel Branden
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.”
“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”
“Some people stand and move as if they have no right to the space they occupy. They wonder why others often fail to treat them with respect--not realizing that they have signalled others that it is not necessary to treat them with respect.”
“We must become what we wish to teach.”
“Regardless of what we think we're teaching, we teach what we are.”
“What is required for many of us, paradoxical though it may sound, is the courage to tolerate happiness without self-sabotage.”
“Your life is important. Honor it. Fight for your highest possibilities.”
“In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.”
“A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.”
“No one is coming to save you; no one is coming to make life right for you; no one is coming to solve your problems. If you don’t do something, nothing is going to get better. The dream of a rescuer who will deliver us may offer a kind of comfort, but it leaves us passive and powerless. We may feel if only I suffer long enough, if only I yearn desperately enough, somehow a miracle will happen, but this is the kind of self-deception one pays for with one’s life as it drains away into the abyss of unredeemable possibilities and irretrievable days, months, decades.”
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