The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Beauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything… — Common Copy Share Image
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. — Edwin Bailey Elliott Copy Share Image
Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream, to get in touch with yourself...To putter is to discover. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others,… — Albert Einstein 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
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
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
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
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
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
I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead,… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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
The earliest issue I can remember going through was body image issues. I was a chubby little kid and I got made… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
Some of you may ask, ?Is there a single ordinance to be dispensed with? Is there one of the commandments that God… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
“The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“Self-esteem—the sense that “I’m not afraid to confront this problem and I think I can solve it”—doesn’t come from abundant resources.” — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves? — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren't. Surround yourself with positive people and environments. — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Basically, it is your self-esteem that shapes the choice of your job, female, friends, and how you take care of yourself (health/hygiene/hobby's)! — Mika Copy Share Image
If another person only had in his storehouse of deserved self-esteem what you had put there, what would he have to draw… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
A good run adds a little bounce to my step. I get a certain amount of self-esteem from it. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups. — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything… — Gloria Gaynor Copy Share Image
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school. — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
