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Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

Obsession with conventional ideas of 'success' can be harmful enough, but compound that stress with relationships, family, financial woes and health concerns, and you find yourself in a constant state of fight or flight. This causes people to be more reactionary, which further perpetuates the cycle of stress.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.