“Most people with low self-esteem have earned it”
George Carlin
“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
Maya Angelou
“Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.”
Roy Baumeister
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”
Oscar Wilde
“I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.”
Sabrina Ward Harrison
“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”
Barbara De Angelis