Esteem Quotes

1206 Esteem quotes by 749 unique authors

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously. — Bell Hooks
If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because… — Kathy Ireland
As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is...… — Naveen Jain
There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age,… — T.D. Jakes
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. — William James
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable! — Angelina Jolie
Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty… — Caroline Knapp
I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It… — Queen Latifah
If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to… — Queen Latifah
I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little… — Jay Leno
When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to… — Jerry Lewis
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. — Abraham Lincoln
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other… — Abraham Lincoln
We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we… — Stacy London
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions. — Harvey Mackay
Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or… — Harvey Mackay
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. — Maxwell Maltz
I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem… — Wynton Marsalis
I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged.… — Phil McGraw
I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you… — Danica McKellar
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. — John Milton
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. — Moliere
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. — Thomas Paine
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. — Thomas Paine

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