Picture Quotes We must become what we wish to teach. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The tragedy of too many people is that they cannot allow happiness just to be there; they cannot leave it alone. Their sense of who they are and of what their destiny is cannot accommodate happiness. So they are drive to find ways to sabotage it. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Freedom is still the most radical idea of all. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by love rather than fear, by confidence rather than insecurity: these are the benchmarks of high self-esteem. The wish to avoid fear and pain is not the motive that drives the lives of highly evolved men and women; rather, it is the life force within them, thrusting toward its unique form of expression-the actualization of personal values. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.' —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Feel deeply to think clearly. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Living consciously is seeking to be aware of everything that bears on our interests, actions, values, purposes, and goals. It is the willingness to confront facts, pleasant or unpleasant. It is the desire to discover our mistakes and correct them . . . it is the quest to keep expanding our awareness and understanding, both of the world external to self and the world within. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge independently, respecting nothing more than the sovereignty of his or her mind; thus, it is intimately connected with the concept of autonomy. As an ethical-political concept, individualism upholds the supremacy of individual rights —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes A goal without an action plan is a daydream. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes A well-developed sense of self is a necessary if not sufficient condition of your well-being. Its presence does not guarantee fulfillment, but its absence guarantees some measure of anxiety, frustration, or despair. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I believe that earning your living doing something you enjoy is one of the very best ways to nourish yourself. But even if you are employed at something that is not your ideal work, it is important to find ways to take as much pleasure in it as possible. Living in the present moment can make ordinary activities more interesting and joyful; you may be surprised, if you only look, at what you will find. If you try to stay connected with why you are doing what you are doing, for example, then even the parts of your life that... Read more » —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes How do we nurture the soul? By revering our own life. By learning to love it all, not only the joys and the victories, but also the pain and the struggles. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes For children mastery entails struggle. This means they must be permitted to struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to "help"-out of impatience or solicitude-they sabotage important learning. Among other things, the child is unlikely to discover the advantages of perseverance and self-discipline. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with themselves. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Some people have a view of self and of the universe that obliges them to struggle for happiness, to yearn for happiness-"some time in the future"-perhaps next year or the year after that. But not now. Not at this moment. Not here. Here and now is too terrifyingly close, too terrifyingly immediate. They suffer from happiness anxiety. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes We tend to feel most comfortable, "most at home", with people whose self esteem level resembles our own. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There is nothing noble about it. It takes far more courage to fight for your values than to relinquish them. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which we must choose the values by which we will live (rather than unquestioningly follow some tradition for no better reason than that our own parents did), we need to be willing to stand on our own judgment and trust our own intelligence-to look at the world through our own eyes-to chart our course and think through how to achieve the future we want, to commit ourselves to continuous questioning and learning-to be, in a word, self-responsible. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes In the whole history of capitalism, no one has been able to establish a coercive monopoly by means of competition in a free market...Every single coercive monopoly that exists or ever has existed...was created and made possible only by an act of government...which granted special privileges (not obtainable in a free market) to a man or a group of men, and forbade all others to enter that particular field. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes If you are an adult, you are responsible for your life and well-being. No one owes you the fulfillment of your needs or wants; no one is here on earth to serve you. If you respect the principle of self-ownership, you understand that no one else owns you and that you do not own anyone else. Only on this understanding can there be peace on earth and good will among human beings. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes I have to respect other's opinions even if I don't agree with them. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes We do not hear the term compassionate applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of compassion. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes When people are not accepting toward themselves they are often obsessed with acceptance by others. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this
Picture Quotes Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause. —Nathaniel BrandenWhatsappFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedInBufferEmail this