Quotes About Esteem

There's a wow factor associated with my name. It could be due to my work as well as my behaviour.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise.

Jamais elle n'avait eu tant d'estime pour elle-même ni tant de mépris pour les autres. Quelque chose de belliqueux la transportait. Elle aurait voulu battre les hommes, leur cracher au visage, les broyer tous.

People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.

Critics established a snobbery toward me.

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

It is your attitude about yourself that a man will adopt.

you can tell how much someone respects you by how much he respects your opinion. If he does't respect your opinion,he won't respect you.

Never assume you are not attractive enough, and therefore you have to overcompensate or chase a man. Taste is subjective.

What women need to understand is that when a man considers a woman to be a prize, looks have very little to do with it. In the above example, it was a simple mind trick that goes like this: She acted like a prize, and then a funny thing happened. He completely forgot who he was looking at.

Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.

Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.

Relationship Principle 10 You can tell how much someone respects you by how much he respects your opinion. If he doesn't respect your opinion, he won't respect you.

Mrs. Watson pressed the heavy coin into Charlotte's palm and closed her fingers around it. "Remind yourself that you're far more likely to undercharge than overcharge, my dear, because you don't yet understand your own value and you've never been taught to demand your full worth." She smiled. "That's why I appointed myself the bursar of this operation, because I've had to learn both.

I have always been one who wanted a great of love, admiration and respect from others without having to go to all the trouble of deserving it.

reputation of power is power.

To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself.