Esteem Quotes

1206 Esteem quotes by 749 unique authors

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. — Ron Paul
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. — Norman Vincent Peale
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. — M. Scott Peck
When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life. — Bill Rancic
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break. — Henry Rollins
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. — Mitt Romney
Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. — Laura Schlessinger
I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a… — Ricky Schroder
If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and… — Gene Simmons
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of… — Thomas Szasz
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. — Jonathan Swift
I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. — James Taylor
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. — Margaret Thatcher
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being. — Henry David Thoreau
Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. — Anthony Trollope
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. — Sam Walton
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. — George Washington
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. — George Washington
I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not… — Paul Wellstone
I never loved another person the way I loved myself. — Mae West
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. — Benjamin Whichcote
High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for… — James Wolcott
Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of… — Naomi Wolf

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