In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom... And age, if it has not esteem, has nothing. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Each of us has great gifts, but many of us severely limit ourselves with negative attitudes about our potential. — Gene R. Cook Copy Share Image
It is inevitable when one has a great need of something one finds it. What you need you attract like a lover. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
To men of a certain type The suspicion that they are incapable of loving Is as disturbing to their self-esteem As, in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most… — Plato Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
What is holiness? The end product of what holiness is it's to love God in the same way He loves Himself; it's… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We are all good at things - a varied assortment of things - and we all desperately need to find out what… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level,… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The habit of employing self-deception to maintain one's self esteem has often become so ingrained that the first step to developing accurate… — Bhikkhu Analayo Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Friendship is far more delicate than love. Quarrels and fretful complaints are attractive in the last, offensive in the first. And the… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
I made a career goals list for 2017 and it's so funny. I have low self-esteem or something, so I put both… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
High birth is a gift of fortune which should never challenge esteem towards those who receive it, since it costs them neither… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you. — Iman Abdulmajid Copy Share Image
The power of self goes beyond words. Self confidence, self improvement, self esteem, self enhancement, self love ... Get yourself right first! — Behdad Sami Copy Share Image
There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick. — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
If it weren't for people that stand out, this whole world would be really, really boring. — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm not always doing amazing but it's okay... because everyone struggles and it's okay to be flawed because that's what makes… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
The lies most devastating to our self-esteem are not so much the lies we tell as the lies we live. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill - a skill based in self-esteem. — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society! — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited. — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
If we treat ourselves and others with respect, we develop more pride and self-esteem. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Don't workout because you think you 'need' to, do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention. — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image