Believe Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If the only effect of these rampant esteem-inflating biases was to make people feel good about themselves, they would not be a problem. In…

— Jonathan Haidt

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.

— Ruth Reichl

People often see qualities in others that they don't see in themselves. Then they hold them accountable for their own short comings.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“I wanted to show how humans can have ugly feelings that they might prefer not to acknowledge; how we’re all caught up in our…

— J. K. Rowling

There are some who affect a want of affectation, and flatter themselves that they are above flattery; they are proud of being thought extremely…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted,…

— Ellen G. White

I think people point out flaws in others to justify the lack they feel in themselves.

— Romany Malco

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

— Mason Cooley

The more real and genuine we are about ourselves, the more others will know that there is no shame in struggling, or feeling low,…

— Sanam Saeed

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

“You will find it less easy to unroot faults than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults, still less…

— John Ruskin