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“All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.”

Self Violence Self Esteem Shame Esteem

Author:James Gilligan

“No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.”

Giving Self Today Self Esteem Shame Good Things Esteem

Author:Martha Beck

“For a nation to be known as warrior is a shame! For a nation to be known as peaceful is an honour! Violence brings shame, killing brings disgrace; peacefulness brings honour, nonviolence brings esteem!”

Nations Known Violence Shame Killing Esteem Peaceful Warrior Honour Nonviolence Disgrace Peacefulness

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard”

Mean Doe Self Feelings Certain Capable Standards Shame Oneself Esteem Disgusting

Book:The End of History and the Last Man

Source: The End of History and the Last Man

“It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.”

Men Self Esteem Shame Average Esteem Average Man

Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. It is this self-esteem that must be understood, and not the fall.”

Self Fall Causes Levels Self Esteem Understood Shame Various Esteem Height Ashamed

Book:Commentaries on Living 2

Source: Commentaries on Living 2

“I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.”

Children Book Self Feelings Age Wanted Felt Self Esteem Easier Shame Esteem Shed Children's Books

Author:Jamie Lee Curtis

“If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility, he learn s to fight. If a child lives with shame, he learn to fell ashamed.”

Ifs Children Fighting Self Esteem Criticism Shame Esteem Ashamed Hostility

Author:Dorothy Nolte