Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of temptation to disarm your better senses. Throughout the ages good people surrendered their honor for the empty… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
In the common esteem, not only are the only good aboriginals dead ones, but all aboriginals are either sacred or contemptible according… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
If I see myself on a worst-dressed list - and I've been on many of them - I tend to have low… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
I love you, don’t I? And the gods know you are definitely not easy to deal with. (Aimee) Thanks, Aim. By the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Self-Esteem Creates Natural Highs. Knowing That You're Lovable Helps You To Love More. Knowing That You're Important Helps You To Make A… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's flattering that people think I'm sexy, but it's not the end-all, be-all. The minute I put my self-esteem on what they… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
A husband should always try to treat his wife with the greatest courtesy and respect, holding her in the highest esteem. He… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
And I can't even go to the grocery store without some ones that's clean and a shirt with a team/It seems we… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“No man with an inkling of self-respect can abide for a moment the feeling that he is a failure. It is extremely… — H. Paul Honsinger Copy Share Image
“Never trust a person that doesn't trust you... If they lack trust they don't have faith in you. If they lack faith… — Ana Marie Velazquez Copy Share Image
I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem.… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
There are some who esteem that it is a naivety to believe that a moral regeneration may be possible ("soit possible", Fr.);… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Material esteem is not self esteem. One allows A person to feel good because of earthly possessions. The other allows a person… — Terrance Battle Copy Share Image
The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
Dr. Bonar once said that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
For our children, you want them to build their own self-esteem and their own self-confidence. For your own child. You don't want… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of… — Kelly Osbourne Copy Share Image
Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify… — Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Copy Share Image
Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more… — Dirk Kempthorne Copy Share Image
So many people have asked me how I could possibly be a role model and dress like a tramp and get implants...… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say… — Stacy London Copy Share Image
The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts,… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
