Nathaniel Branden Quotes

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

Nathaniel Branden

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 Branden

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Nathaniel Branden

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Nathaniel Branden

When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly its time to check your premises.

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An emotion is both a mental and a physical event.

Nathaniel Branden

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance

Nathaniel Branden

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 Branden

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 Branden

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 Branden

A depression is a large-scale decline in production and trade... there is nothing in the nature of a free-market economy to cause such an event.

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Pride is the emotional reward of achievement. It is not a vice to be overcome but a virtue to be attained.

Nathaniel Branden

It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.

Nathaniel Branden

Most of the time, I regard the judgment of people as a waste of time. I regard the judgment of behavior as imperative.

Nathaniel Branden

Objectivism comes on, sometimes, as if the most important issue you have to understand is the issue of egoism versus altruism. But thats nowhere near the beginning of the process.

Nathaniel Branden
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