Quotes About Esteem

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.

I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.

Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal.

We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone. We should therefore act as if we were alone, and in that case should we build fine houses, etc.? 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.

80] Respect means; put yourself out. That may look pointless, but it is quite right, because it amounts to saying: I should certainly put myself out if you needed it, because I do so when you do not; besides, respect serves to distinguish the great. If respect meant sitting in an armchair we should be showing everyone respect and then there would be no way of marking distinction, but we make the distinction quite clear by putting ourselves out.

we would willingly be cowards in order to acquire the reputation of being brave.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognise them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion. We do not like others to deceive us; we do not think it fair that they should be held in higher esteem by us than they deserve; it is not then fair that we should deceive them, and should wish them to esteem us more highly than we deserve.

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.

Sir Doctor, we esteem very much the Hexenmeister of the Great Vellinton.

That's what scares me, Gideon. You don't know what you're worth." "Actually, I do. Twelve bill—" "Shut up.

You keep on thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.

I determined my significance by their perspective of me.

I lacked self-confidence. I don't know why. I was smart and people liked me.

The French don't value education. They exalt it.

That teaching according to which intellectual activity is worthy of esteem to the extent that it is practical and to that extent alone.

That teaching of modern metaphysics which exhorts man to feel comparatively little esteem for the truly thinking portion of himself and to honor the active and willing part of himself with all his devotion...

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

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I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.

You know, anyone who invites me to do something makes me feel special.

When you've got certain people like Jay-Z wanting to work with me, then it makes you think people do love me.

I love beautiful women. I'm not jealous of them at all.

Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she really takes care of herself. I think that she looks great. I think that as Jennifer Aniston gets older, she looks better and better, and I really like that.

I like Jimmy Stewart!