Quotes About Esteem

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

The illusion of confidence is far more important than actually possessing the feeling.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

I stand out not because I am six feet tall, But because I feel six feet tall.

Your father used to say "Never give away your work. People don't value what they don't have to pay for."

Our self-conceit sustains and always must sustain us.

I am more important than my problems.

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

Could she *be* anymore out of my league?

I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt.

A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.

About my breasts giving me confidence? I know I have something people will like, people will be jealous of, people will want. To have the confidence that you will be wanted - that's what confidence is. Confidence that you will be approved of, thought well of, desired. If you know that, then you're confindent.

Recovery from codependence is a lot like a growing up process - we must learn to do the things our dysfunctional parents did not teach us to do: appropriately esteem ourselves, set functional boundaries, be aware of and acknowledge our reality, take care of our adult needs and wants, and experience our reality moderately.

True love is admiration

I found that the men most in repute were all but the most foolish; and that others less esteemed were really wiser and better.

virtuoso, aunque se jacte de ello, le reprenderé por desestimar lo más valioso y sobrestimar lo que tiene menos valor.

Authentically Me I will accept and celebrate my uniqueness, and will esteem and encourage the distinctions I admire in others.

Nietzsche criticized the high esteem accorded to consciousness, particularly the consequences of Socrates' disastrous idea that 'everything must be conscious to be good.

Is it arrogance if one is truly superior?

Here, you are exceptional...There, who knows? They might not value you as much as we do.

creature doing its delicate work, scratching to gain entry. To the Esteemed

They just want to be liked. Being liked is their . . . sugar rush.

being admired gives you more power than being feared.

Although Grandpa never put it in words for me, one thing I learned from him was that being admired gives you more power than being feared.