Believe Quote by Samuel Johnson

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and…

— Nathaniel Branden

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

— Alexander Pope

A man needs the feelings of kindness to think great than thinking of the greatness to feel good.

— Anuj

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

— Luc de Clapiers

Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own…

— Ayn Rand

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not.

— John Francis Davis

Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.

— Jane Austen

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

— Henry George Bohn

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

— Thomas a Kempis