Esteem Quotes

1206 Esteem quotes by 749 unique authors

There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his… — Ayn Rand
There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham… — Randy Pausch
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? — Brigham Young
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. — Bill Gates
The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of… — Spencer W. Kimball
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not… — Sarah Dessen
When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who… — Jodi Picoult
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never worry about my… — Alexandre Dumas
Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do. — Italo Calvino
With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem. — Azar Nafisi
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles. — Laurie Halse Anderson
He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again. — Emily Bronte
Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself. — Corita Kent
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope
Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. — Oprah Winfrey
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being… — John Ortberg
In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. — Eckhart Tolle
I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem from love — Jane Austen
I love you, don’t I? And the gods know you are definitely not easy to deal with. (Aimee) Thanks, Aim. By the way I still… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st… — William Shakespeare
Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more… — Henry David Thoreau
Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends. — Aberjhani
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne

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