Quotes About Esteem

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

Well, 50 was a made man before I met him. So that alone - you walk into a room, and there's an immediate respect.

Throughout a lot of my 20s, my sexual allure and power was one of the most important things about me, my currency.

Let's see... I have a thing for pretty legs. But most importantly, I like confident women.

To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

In my opinion, B. J. Penn is No. 1.

A patriot will esteem no man for being of his party.

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

It's what we believe about ourselves that determine how others see us.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

I want to be something that is worthy to be bragged about.

When I first got two stars, I didn't think I deserved it. Now I have three I think I am worthy.

I'm not an insecure person, per se, but I just never saw myself as the girl who walks into a place and everybody goes, 'Wow.'

Bernard King said something great about me? Wow, he's one of the best. I'm definitely honored and very thankful.