Quotes About Esteem

But they had a money value: they represented a cash profit to others. They must have sensed that--sensed that they were worth something.

it was a form of compliment, she felt, since it made her the focus of his attention.

Whether you are classically beautiful or not, this one thing I know: you give the impression of being beautiful, which is all one can ask. The jewels become you, they do not belittle you.

A man's worth is measured by his importance to society and to humanity generally

Suzanne Young, The Treatment

I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun.

If you appreciate, you will appreciate.

I respect everybody, but at the same time, I carry myself with an aura that demands respect, too.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Anyone who assesses you or your relationship as disposable is not worthy of your time or tears.

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.

however little you may value the opinions of those about you—however little you may esteem them as individuals, it is not pleasant to be looked upon as a liar and a hypocrite, to be thought to practise what you abhor, and to encourage the vices you would discountenance, to find your good intentions frustrated, and your hands crippled by your supposed unworthiness, and to bring disgrace on the principles you profess.

Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.

Does anybody look better in rags than me?

We respect you," said Stirling, "more than you deserve.

to be showered on you again simply because now you know their worth.

Edward Plantagenet is no man to hold cheaply. Far better to take him at his own inflated estimation!

We are who people think we are.

Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.

Many people must have looked at my life and thought I was quite fortunate. But I felt lousy about myself - and as you now know, I didn't come from a place where I had a lot of self-confidence.

As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

It's just amazing the lengths people go to, to be thought of as special.