“Since studies show that low self-esteem correlates with both prejudice and violence – that people who have a negative view of themselves also tend to view other people and the world negatively – representatives were interested in introducing self-esteem programs in schools.”
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“Looking at Barbados and Australia as relatively positive examples, one societal hallmark of self-esteem seems to be an ability to both give and demand fairness, an expectation that extends from the personal to the political.”
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“Stand outside the rare movie with a strong and daring female protagonist, and watch women emerging with higher heads, stronger walks, and greater confidence. Consider the importance of a sports champion who comes from a group that has been made to feel it can’t win, a popular movie in which American Indians are finally the “good guys,” a violinist whose music soars while he sits onstage in leg braces, a deaf actress who introduces millions of moviegoers to the expressiveness of sign language, and even one woman who remains joyous, free, sexual, and good at her work after sixty or seventy. The images of power, grace, and competence that these people convey have a life-giving impact—just as trivialized, stereotyped, degrading, subservient, and pornographic images of bodies that look like ours do the opposite, as though we absorb that denigration or respect through our nerve endings. Wherever negative physical imagery has been part of low self-esteem, a counterpoint of positive imagery can be part of raising it.”
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“Because we tend to treat others as we have been treated, a trustworthy system leads to more trust, corruption leads to more corruption, violence to more violence.”
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
“if girls were raised a little more like boys—if they had more right to say no, to declare boundaries, to develop a strong personal identity, to be angry, to rebel—they would be less likely to be revictimized as adults.”
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
― Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
fox’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at fox’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by fox
Lists liked by fox




































