Quotes About Esteem

For as a rule a man must have worth in himself in order to recognise it and believe in it willingly and freely in others.

human nature is so constituted that we pay an attention to the opinion of other people which is out of all proportion to its value

Her gratitude was immense and flattering

Put another way, to be more confident you need to give a whole lot less of a shit about what other people think of you. Confidence is not something you feel or possess; it's something others use to describe what they see when they look at you.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

It's said that the worst thing one can do to a man is to kill his self-respect. But that's not true. Self-respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

Only if one feels immensely important she had told him, can one feel truly light.

Are you saying," he asked slowly, "that I rose in your estimation when you found that I wanted you?" "Of course." "That's not the reaction of most people to being wanted." "It isn't." "Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them." "I feel that others live up to me, if they want me....

Most people feel that they rise in their own eyes, if others want them." "I feel that others live up to me, if they want me...

He was unflinching, but touched too on his secret weapon, one especially valuable in 1771: "The opinion of others," he assured his former father-in-law, "I very little regard.

but is it not remarkable, Miss Austen, that the more beauty one possesses, the more one is required to nurture and support it?

If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.

Tenemos el amor que creemos merecer

We accept the love we think we deserve

Charlie, a gente aceita o amor que acha que merece.

I think it's bad when a boy looks at a fork and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is.

just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is.

The low esteem in which science and scientists are held is having serious consequences. We live in a society that is increasingly governed by science and technology, yet fewer and fewer young people want to go into science.

Would you rather have people be impressed by who you are or respect who you've become?

A low self-image is usually not based upon facts