Your self-esteem increases in proportion to your self-discipline, hardworkingness, and achievements.
Put it in another way: Self-esteem is generated by self-discipline, hardworkingness, and achievements.
You cannot keep making mention of a matter before God and He will not do it—even if it takes years for you to make mention of it—unless you are not living a godly life or your request is not in line with His will.
You cannot preach against the sin you're still labouring with. You only have the true power to declare against it when you've had rest from it. The Master said, come unto me, you all that labour with sin X or Y or Z, and I'll give you rest.
GOD'S ABILITY CANNOT BE EXAGGERATED.
When talking to people about what God can do, there is nothing good you will say to people that He can do that becomes an exaggeration; unless you lack the faith to say it: because there is nothing He cannot do.
"Any faith that pushes every responsibility to God is an irresponsible faith."
~Biship David Oyedepo
This explicitly explains that faith without work is dead.
CONCENTRATION IS STRENGTH.
DIVERSION IS WEAKNESS.
If you want to be significant, concentrate on one thing.
If you want to be average, get engaged in many things.
KNOWLEDGE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
It is the knowledge you sought out that will take you out of the kingdom of captives, kingdom of commoners, kingdom of mediocres.
That's what makes the difference.