I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. — Henry James Copy Share Image
My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other. — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in. — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
Working out is really the top thing in my life that I do for my own self-esteem and self-worth. — Fergie Copy Share Image
There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Rewriting the negative beliefs you have learned is the essence of becoming the director of your life. — Deborah Day Copy Share Image
I wonder why it is that we so often imprison ourselves in the opinions of other people. There can be no punishment… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Confidence is silent, humble self-assurance. Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, confidence projects an air of authority, trust, and respect—a commanding,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
In so-called communist Romania, chess was held in high esteem, even if our champions were weaker than the Soviets. This game, this… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Self-esteem doesn't have to just be about the way you look; it can be about your talents and passions. All of those… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I suppose in some ways, all over the world "crazy" is a term of abuse and I think that is something that… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Each week I pack my bag and travel the country, I go to people who write me and tell me their problems.… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
To meet someone who really hurts you is to meet a rare and precious treasure. Hold that person in high esteem, and… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions… He will always be attracted to the woman… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Disciples of Jesus Christ understand that compared to eternity, our existence in this mortal sphere is only “a small moment” in space… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Putting someone down with name calling reveals your own low self-esteem.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Being useful to others and being valued for what you do can help build self-esteem. — Nishus Copy Share Image
