Childhood Quote by Richard Wiseman

“Childhood is a process of slowly recomposing oneself out of the borrowed materials of the world.”

— Nicole Krauss

“People don’t necessarily realize it when they contribute to the erosion of a child’s self-worth, but kids pay attention to how people treat them,…

— D.K. Sanz

“When people are treated like a product, they become obsessed with materialism.”

— Bryant McGill

“Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can’t do, they…

— Randy Pausch

“It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.”

— Kevin Solomons

“Life and Abundance (The Sonnet) A person to take refuge in, a purpose to be driven by, that's all you need to lead a…

— Abhijit Naskar

The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless pit.

— Mario Cuomo

“In so doing, I resisted the descent into what the school counselors called low self-esteem. Self-esteem is the dark, distorted shadow of self-possession. Self-esteem…

— Karen Swallow Prior

Materialism lives outside the lines of my reality

— The Game

“Poor children are raised without so much more than material things. They are raised without a clear sense of their own horizons, but rather…

— Willie Parker

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

— Clayton Christensen

I was lucky enough to have had great success early on in life; to have had all the things the material world can offer.…

— Tom Ford