17 Affirmations For Building Self-esteem

Posted by Ian McKenzie
February 24, 2008

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If you suffer from low self-esteem, then you know how difficult it is to function without hearing a negative inner voice. When you are unable to believe in yourself, you hear the same negative thoughts over and over.

However, you do have to listen to the negative self-talk. You can erase the negative words, with positive thoughts. Wouldn’t you rather rewrite your inner script and stop hearing negative talk the rest of your life?

Affirmations can help raise your self-esteem. These positive statements should include “I am…” at the start.

The following statements are examples of affirmations you can use. This is not a comprehensive list, nor might these be the right ones for you. Look at these examples and use them to build a list that fits you.

  1. I am a valuable and important person, and I’m worthy of the respect of others.
  2. I am my own expert, and I allow others the same privilege.
  3. I express my ideas easily, and I know others respect my point of view.
  4. I am aware of my value system and confident of the decisions I make based on my current awareness.
  5. I have a positive expectancy of reaching my goals, and I bounce back quickly from temporary setbacks.
  6. I have pride in my past performance and a positive expectancy of the future.
  7. I accept compliments easily and share my success with others who have contributed to them.
  8. I feel warm and loving toward myself, for I am a unique and precious being, ever doing the best my awareness permits, ever growing in wisdom and love.
  9. I am actively in charge of my life and direct it in constructive channels. My primary responsibility is for my own growth and well being (the better I feel about myself, the more willing and able I am to help others.)
  10. I am my own authority (and I am not affected by negative opinions or attitudes of others.)
  11. It is not what happens to me, but how I handle it, that determines my emotional well being.
  12. I’m a success to the degree that I feel warm and loving toward myself.
  13. No one in the entire world is more or less worthy, more or less important, than I.
  14. I count my blessings and rejoice in my growing awareness.
  15. I am an action person; I do first things first and one thing at a time.
  16. I am warm and friendly toward all I contact; I treat everyone with consideration and respect.
  17. I am kind, compassionate and gentle with myself.

Update: Leisa Watkins posted a couple of affirmations she likes, in the comments below. It reminded me that I should have asked readers for their favourite affirmation. How about it? Add them to the comments below.

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Comments

Those are some great affirmations.

A couple more I like are:

I approve of myself and feel great about myself.

I am liking myself more and more each day.

Comment by Leisa Watkins on February 25, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

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