I do not want to give my power, my self-esteem, or my autonomy, to any person, place, or thing outside myself. [...]… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
“He said something I remember very clearly. "Self esteem is overrated. Anyone will think they color great if enough people tell them.… — Albert Borris Copy Share Image
Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I did some pretty embarrassing modeling, like catalogs and QVC. I know there's probably a stereotype where all pretty girls think they're… — Whitney Cummings Copy Share Image
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
The idols of today are unmistakable - self-esteem without achievement, sex without consequences, wealth without responsibility, pleasure without struggle and experience without… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We are Christians because we find our identity, life, and purpose in Christ. We are evangelical because we believe the gospel and… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“A person who really likes himself or herself has high self-esteem and therefore a positive self-concept. When you really like yourself in… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Most comedians want to be the architect of their own embarrassment. They have horrible self-esteem issues. I would rather push myself into… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. Resolving conflict is rarely about… — Thomas Crum Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does not display himself; He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order… — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
The way to acquire lasting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties, and… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Men of sense esteem wealth to be the assimilation of nature to themselves, the converting of the sap and juices of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We don't realise that we are actually perfect just the way we are. We are born perfect, but spend a lifetime trying… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
Impossible is word thrown by a person of low esteem who finds it easier to live in the given situation without exploring… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I have struggled with self-esteem issues since my teens, but it's clear in my first long-ago diary that I didn't start out… — Justine Musk Copy Share Image
What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Children, honor your parents in your hearts; bear them not only awe and respect, but kindness and affection: love their persons, fear… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity of agreeableness and genius, but leave me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair… — Lil' Kim Copy Share Image