Quotes About Esteem

She'd thought she was memorable. How clear it was that she was not. It wasn't a quality you possessed, she thought now. It was a quality other people endowed you with.

women internalize the feminine wound or feminine inferiority so deeply, there's little or no female authority and esteem to fall back on. So they seek it by adopting and pleasing patriarchal standards.

Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it's the secret to good sex.

but in a town full of nobodys, she's practically somebody.

appreciate your finer qualities

My humbleness ranks among the greatest in the world."

She is not only beautiful on the outside, but inwards as well. When she is old and not so lovely, she will be well loved. But you! Your beauty is on the outside alone. If it were taken away from you, only a querulous, evil-minded, vicious woman would remain.

Everyone wanted his relatives to be proud of him, didn't he?

The stupidest people suddenly become a little cleverer when we learn that they think well of us

I thought you didn't believe in marriage." "A man who never contradicts himself must become horribly bored with his own conversation. Oh, on the whole I don't believe in it, except when there is genuine love, which is such a compound of affection, warmth, ease, esteem, and various other spices and condiments rarer than powdered hen's teeth that one hardly expects to come across it once in a lifetime.

the standing ovation from a rare and valued tribute

You are a treasure, Iris Kenworthy

She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it gave her a new sense of self-confidence.

He wasn't sure how it had come about, but her good opinion meant a great deal to him. Of course, he needed her approval in his much-neglected suit of Edwina, but there was more to it than that. She'd insulted him, she'd nearly dunked him in The Serpentine, she'd humiliated him at Pall Mall, and yet he craved her good opinion.

I won't offer you a penny for your thoughts, since I know they can't possibly be worth that much, but what are you thinking about?

É fácil dizer que não nos importamos com a opinião dos outros quando elas nos são sempre favoráveis

They did not want stupid. They wanted you.

I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.

I think that's kind of nice that there's this kind of inherent respect between runners who do a marathon. People respect somebody who has done it, and I will do anything to get some respect because I don't get a lot respect in my life.

Given the choice between instant gratification and the lasting satisfaction of earning the esteem of someone you respect and admire, all but the most small-minded would choose the latter.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me think they're very intelligent.

I love everything about Benedict Cumberbatch because he's so intelligent and talented.

El prestigio es uno de los bienes más baratos y fáciles de comprar.