Their Self Quotes
96 Their Self quotes by 88 unique authors
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
— James Buchan
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Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.
— Peter Camejo
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I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own…
— Chris Christie
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I think we can really use magic in a way never attempted before to inspire these children, help rally their self-confidence and even help them…
— Criss Angel
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The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to…
— Watchman Nee
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The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If…
— Rick Pitino
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Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.
— Thorstein Veblen
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Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their…
— Walter Savage Landor
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Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem.
— H. Burke Peterson
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Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few…
— Derrick Bell
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There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a form of mental…
— Bill Whittle
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Persecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims-someone to protect or fix-to bolster their self-esteem.
— David Emerald Womeldorff
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Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Strong Women never put their safety or their self-esteem aside to please someone else or to keep a man. If someone acts inappropriately or abusively…
— Beverly Engel
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Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many…
— Lilian Katz
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I know a girl who just looks at her face in the medicine cabinet mirror and never looks below her shoulders, and she's four or…
— Andy Warhol
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Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they…
— Judy Chu
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Adam Smith had one overwhelmingly important triumph: he put into the center of economics the systematic analysis of the behavior of individuals pursuing their self-interest…
— George Stigler
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Don't let a grade decide your self-worth. Personally, in my opinion, someone should gauge their self-worth on what they've accomplished that makes them feel good...…
— Brandon Boyd
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The key thing is, even if you only have a couple of hours a month, those two hours shoulder-to-shoulder, next to one student, concentrated attention,…
— Dave Eggers
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Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find,…
— Vilfredo Pareto
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Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their…
— Hugh Kingsmill
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A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For me, one of…
— Linus Torvalds
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize…
— Edsger Dijkstra
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