Louise Hay Quotes

It was easy to blame other people for treating me in ways I didn't like, but now I was seeing that I was the one at fault. The only way you can be mistreated is by allowing yourself to be mistreated, and that was something I did over and over again. Somehow, I needed to find that glimmer of self-respect, buried deep inside, that would allow me to say: I am never going to let that happen to me again. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself in a different way, but I didn't know how.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.

Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility. Learn to value yourself, which means: to FIGHT for your happiness, and when you learn that pride is the sum of all virtues, you will learn to live like a man.

Sometimes it just feels so amazing to finally stand up for yourself. I highly recommend it. Life is too short to be taken for granted.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves.

Take assertiveness training, get paid what you're worth, join a consciousness raising-group.

All I know is that it is important to stand up for ourselves, no matter how inconvenient the reality is.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

It's become easier to speak up for myself.

[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on a set, say, that doesn't really value a woman's point of view, regardless of how they feel, continuing to give my point of view and try to find a way to be heard and not diminishing myself because other people are diminishing me. Because that, I think, is the worst temptation that, you know, you judge yourself by how others are judging you, and to fall into that trap is to walk into the realm of self-annihilation.

I've learned the importance of speaking up for myself and voicing my opinions and my ideas. I'm definitely a shy person.

Never be bullied into silence.

There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.

I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?".

And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?"

You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

Never compromise and sell yourself short.

If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.