"Failing to make it to the list of the best 5 students in class or not being named the team captain should not make anyone feel like they have failed."
"What we perceive about ourselves is greatly a reflection of how we will end up living our lives."
"The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us."
"A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it."
"If someone does not consider those around them to be valuable and hold only themselves in high regard, they too have a very bad self-esteem."
"Our own self-esteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want."