“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
“A strong positive self image is the best possible preparation for success.” -Joyce Brothers
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” – Maxwell Maltz
“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” – Parker Palmer
“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” – Sandra Bierig
“If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.” – Wayne Dyer
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.” – Helen Keller
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” – Yogi Bhajan
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” – Lao-Tzu
“Perhaps I am stronger than I think.” –Thomas Merton
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda
“He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.” – Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste
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