"The most silent people are generally those who……" — William Hazlitt
"The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves."
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William Hazlitt
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493 Quotes by William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt has 493 quotes on this site.
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Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look,…
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The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen…
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He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
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The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs…
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There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund…
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I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.
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A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
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Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
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To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been…
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Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
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The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the…
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Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.
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I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get…
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No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No…
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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense,…
— Joseph Addison
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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…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an…
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Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did.
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I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.
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There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others…
— Nathaniel Branden
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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