“How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depend directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
Tag: self-esteem
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“A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.” — Ivy Compton-Burnett, More Women than Men
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“The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.” — Jack McDevitt, Odyssey
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“Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naïve and is dismissed.” — Alfie Kohn, The Brighter Side of Human Nature
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“If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.” — Shane Koyczan, To This Day … for the bullied and beautiful
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” — Notorious d.e.b. (@debihope), Status, 24 Jan 2010
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“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband
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“Regrettably, one of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.” — Pauline Kael, “Zeitgeist and Poltergeist; or, Are Movies Going to Pieces?” (December 1964)
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“If you think I’m too full of myself (which I am), how is the alternative strategy working out for you?” — Scott Adams, The Glorious Advantages of Low Self-Esteem
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“Above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.” — Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington
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