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"An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life."
-- Dr. Joyce Brothers (Psychologist and Author)

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people."
-- Aldous Huxley

"Underneath all my work, the core idea I wanted to teach was: Your life is important. Honor it. Fight for your highest possibilities... My experience is that most people underestimate their power to change and grow... Self-esteem creates a set of implicit expectations about what is possible and appropriate to us. These expectations tend to generate the actions that turn them into realities... To sum up a formal definition: Self-esteem is the disposition to experience oneself as competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and as worthy of happiness."
-- Nathaniel Branden: The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

"Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person."
-- Denis Waitley, Excerpts from the Seeds of Greatness Treasury

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
-- Lao-Tzu (Chinese Philosopher)

"In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned."
-- Jane Haddam (1951 - ), American Mystery Writer

"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character."
-- Dr. Dale E. Turner, author, journalist and minister

"Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish."
-- Sam Walton

"A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having."
-- Alice Mary Hilton