50 phrases to boost self-esteem and take advantage of life’s opportunities

When my self-esteem insists on sabotaging me: I gather all the good things that have ever been said to me and happened to me in a little jar, and I read those words until the last bad feeling passes.

Plant your garden and decorate your soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can bear it, that you really are strong, and that you can go much further after thinking you can’t anymore.

William Shakespeare

When you feel sad, down, like you don’t deserve the good things that happen to you, remember your story and everything you went through to get here.

Sometimes low self-esteem insists on chasing us. In those moments, get out of bed and look in the mirror as you would look at someone you have a lot of love for.

When your self-esteem isn’t there, remember that, to me, you are the most beautiful and amazing person who ever lived.

Don’t let yourself be shaken by the small defeats or everyday words that hurt. Rest assured that your value is immense and no one can tell you otherwise.

Do you know what it’s like to have panache? Brio is a feeling of courage, honor, dignity and self-love. When you feel inferior, create pride, have pride, assume your pride. He’s inside you!

Even if you don’t really feel it, affirm to yourself that you are worthy of all the good things in the universe. Over time, these words will make sense to you.

When comparing yourself with the other, remember that both have distinct and valuable victories and learning, and it couldn’t be different, unless they were born and lived the exact same life.

Got ready and feeling amazing? Don’t wait for someone to tell you how beautiful you look and don’t get frustrated if that compliment doesn’t come. Go to the mirror and feel your beauty emanating from you.

Comparing yourself to another person is the worst sabotage our brain employs. If you stop to think about it, it makes no sense. Each life has its own value, each person has its own brilliance.

Being comfortable with yourself is one of the best things in life – people can criticize, shoot mean comments, and yet you’re still happy and glowing with self-love.

I choose to be at peace and harmony with myself, and I am determined to make life the best it can be.

What’s behind us and what’s in front of us are insignificant matters compared to what’s inside us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wherever you are, whatever it may be, have faith, because even in the dump, flowers grow.

Racionais MC’s

Self-care is never a selfish act, it is simply a good management of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

Parker Palmer

You may not be good enough for everyone, but you will definitely be perfect for someone.

Miley Cyrus

climb the first step with faith. It is not necessary for you to see the entire staircase. Just give the first step.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The secret is not to run after the butterflies, it is to take care of the garden so that they come to you.

Mario Quintana

Love yourself and everything starts to line up. You really need to love yourself to be able to do anything in this world.

Lucille Ball

What you choose to think about yourself and about life becomes true for you. And our choices about what we can think about are limitless.

Louise Hay

The secret of life is not having everything you want, but loving everything you have!

George Carlin

Tears are part of it. Support, complain and move on. The only people who are with us our entire lives are ourselves. Show you’re alive while you’re alive.

George Carlin

If only you could feel how important you are to the lives of the people you meet; how important you can be to people you can’t even imagine…

Fred Rogers

In the end, everything works out, and if it didn’t, it’s because it hasn’t come to an end.

Fernando Sabino

There are only two days in the year when nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and especially live.

Dalai Lama

Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.

Cynthia Kersey

If we grow with the hard blows of life, we can also grow with the soft touches on the soul.

Cora Coralina

It’s really good to fight with determination, embrace life with passion, lose with class and win boldly, because the world belongs to those who dare and life is too much to be insignificant.

Charlie Chaplin

Trust is an act of faith, and this does not require reasoning.

Carlos Drummond deAndrade

I know that every day when I wake up God smiles and tells me: I’m giving you a chance to try again.

Caio Fernando Abreu

You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Buddha

Why should we care what others think of us? Do we trust the opinions of others more than our own?

Brigham Young

If you need someone to trust, trust yourself.

Bob Dylan

If you are walking the right path and are willing to keep walking, eventually you will make progress.

Barack Obama

A man’s wisdom is not in not making mistakes, crying, anguish and weakening, but in using his suffering as the foundation of his maturity.

Augusto Cury