Esteem Quotes

1206 Esteem quotes by 749 unique authors

Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere. — Robert Breault
The Santa myth is one of the most effective means ever devised for intimidating children, eroding their self- esteem, twisting their behavior, warping their values,… — Tom Flynn
Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works. — Clayton Christensen
The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that… — William Cowper
The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become… — Nathaniel Branden
It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants… — Ellen Muth
Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try… — Angela Cartwright
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as… — Charles R. Swindoll
Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Once a woman parts with her virtue, she loses the esteem even of the man whose vows and tears won her to abandon it. — Miguel de Cervantes
We particularly like people who value us highly. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Surfing frees everything up, it's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress-free, and that's what surfing is all about. It's something you do… — Rell Sunn
I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people… — Steve Albini
The process of setting a goal, learning the necessary steps to achieve it, and giving it your best until you've mastered it will generate high… — Jude Bijou
It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem… — Michel de Montaigne
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies… — Thomas Jefferson
I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about "self-esteem" would have seemed like a luxury. — Gloria Steinem
You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is. — Fergie
Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess. — Robert Breault
The businessman who is a novelist is able to drop in on literature and feel no suicidal loss of esteem if the lady is not… — V. S. Pritchett
Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem? — Thomas a Kempis
The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem. — Peter Drucker
To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest. — Woodrow Wilson

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