"Flattery is the worst and falsest way of…" — Jonathan Swift

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• Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the… — Honore de Balzac
• I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get… — Tyra Banks
• It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior… — Melody Beattie
• No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No… — Martha Beck
• The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense,… — Joseph Addison
• The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by… — Ezra Taft Benson
• Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an… — Elizabeth Berkley
• Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child. — Halle Berry
• I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did. — Ben Affleck
• I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others. — Jo Brand
• There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others… — Nathaniel Branden
• Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden

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