Esteem Quotes

1206 Esteem quotes by 749 unique authors

If you are a woman, if you're a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size,… — Margaret Cho
I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant… — Donald Miller
All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem. — James Gilligan
The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
All children want to do is play in worlds they create and project on their external world. If allowed to do that, they are constantly… — Joseph Chilton Pearce
L'univers?je l'en estime plus depuis que je sais qu'il ressemble a' une montre; il est surprenant que l'ordre de la nature, tout admirable qu'il est,… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
To men of a certain type The suspicion that they are incapable of loving Is as disturbing to their self-esteem As, in cruder men, the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Geology has joined biology in lowering mankind's self-esteem. Geology suggests how mankind's existence is contingent upon the geological consent of the planet. — George Will
When I have my interview with my God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen, whose faith I… — Clayton Christensen
Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but very difficult to… — Oliver Goldsmith
I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem. — Dawn French
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. — J. Paul Getty
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. — Andre Gide
I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges.… — Stone Gossard
I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. — Cindy Crawford
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. — Albert Ellis
I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey… — Melissa Etheridge
I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that. — Craig Ferguson
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. — Scott Hamilton
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their… — William Hazlitt
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better… — William Hazlitt
I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I… — Christopher Hitchens
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. — Eric Hoffer
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled. — Eric Hoffer

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