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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. -- Nathaniel Branden
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. -- George Washington
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. -- George Washington
Esteem never makes ingrates. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Esteem all things that are good. -- Tibullus
Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones. -- Leonardo da Vinci
There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem -- Alfred Lunt
Lack of Confidence, low Self-Esteem, and depleted Mojo are symptoms of inadequate Strength Training. -- Steve Ilg
This is the Self-Esteem Looking-Glass. You have to look in the mirror and compliment yourself. -- Malia Ann Haberman
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. -- Alexander Pope
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. -- Moliere
Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings. -- StanisÅ?aw I LeszczyÅ?ski
Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality. -- Alphonse de Lamartine
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all. -- Moliere
I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself. -- Neil Diamond
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. -- Thomas Carlyle
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. -- Andre Gide
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. -- Eric Hoffer
Most people with low self-esteem have earned it. -- George Carlin
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. -- Thomas Paine
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. -- Maxwell Maltz
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. -- Diane von Furstenberg
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. -- John Milton
Self-esteem is as necessary to the spirit as food is to the body. -- Maxwell Maltz
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. -- Benjamin Whichcote
The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. -- Robert Hand
As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. -- Jonathan Swift
I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did. -- Ben Affleck
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. -- Abraham Lincoln
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. -- Laura Schlessinger
Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it. -- Thaddeus Golas
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. -- Thomas Paine
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. -- Jane Haddam
I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up. -- Tyra Banks
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect. -- Beth Moore
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. -- Eustace Budgell
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. -- M. Scott Peck
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. -- Denis Waitley
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. -- Margaret Thatcher
Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable! -- Angelina Jolie
Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. -- Anthony Trollope
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being. -- Henry David Thoreau
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. -- Mitt Romney
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. -- Ron Paul
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. -- Sam Walton
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love. -- Honore de Balzac
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all. -- Kurt Cobain
LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others. -- Charles Inglis
As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America. -- Joe Baca
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. -- Thomas Szasz
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. -- William Hazlitt
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. -- Elizabeth Berkley
When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff. -- Jerry Lewis
Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him wanting in a number of respects, he holds an unshakable place in the pantheon of American heroes. -- Robert Dallek
I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility. -- Abhishek Bachchan
Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go. -- Helena Bonham Carter
After doing some research with my agent, we found out Klipsch was an official Colts partner, and they were based in Indianapolis, which only added to my esteem for the company. I also have a passion for design and technology that developed while I was at Stanford and appreciate the quality of Klipsch's speakers and headphones. -- Andrew Luck
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. -- Abraham Lincoln
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement. -- Henry Rollins
Cats invented self-esteem. -- Erma Bombeck
Great soul, great self-esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
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Conscience: self-esteem with a halo. -- Irving Layton
Calculus destroys self-esteem on contact. -- James Lileks
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions. -- William James
self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal. -- Ambrose Bierce
I've suffered from low self-esteem. -- Ken Kercheval
Hold yourself in great esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Self-esteem is not based on itself. -- Mason Cooley
I think self-esteem comes from work. -- Anthony Scaramucci
Wedded love is founded on esteem. -- Elijah Fenton
man equate their self-esteem with accomplishment -- Barbara de Angelis
If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem. -- Jeph Jacques
Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival. -- Martha Gellhorn
I do esteem individual liberty above everything. -- D. H. Lawrence
Positive mindset leads to positive self esteem. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem. -- Barbara Sher
Self-esteem makes me super, superb and supreme -- Rakim
Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism. -- Marvin J. Ashton
Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill. -- Marshall B. Rosenberg
We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. -- Iyanla Vanzant
Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem. -- Nicolas Chamfort
Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream. -- Oprah Winfrey
All true love is grounded on esteem. -- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy. -- Gloria Steinem
Self-esteem is something you have to earn! -- Bette Midler
Self care isn't selfish. It's self esteem. -- Ashley Judd
So many comics have such low self-esteem. -- Debra Wilson
Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka. -- Woody Allen
Honor is self-esteem made visible in action. -- Ayn Rand
For all true love is grounded on esteem. -- Theresa Villiers
Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself. -- Brian Tracy
You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is. -- Fergie
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues. -- Whoopi Goldberg
I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem. -- Barbra Streisand
Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. -- H. Burke Peterson
Self-esteem is the goddamn root of all evil. -- Roseanne Barr
Self care, self love.Self esteem, self confidence -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem. -- Julie Bowen
Every man should esteem his neighbor as himself. -- Joseph Smith, Jr.
Self-esteem is reliance on ones power to think. -- Ayn Rand
I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s. -- Adam Lambert
Public esteem is the recompense of honest men. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The only thing socialists produce is debt and self-esteem -- Dennis Prager
How would your life change if your self-esteem improved? -- Caroline Myss
There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem. -- Brian Tracy
I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously. -- bell hooks
Low self esteem results when the inner critic prevails. -- Catherine Cardinal
A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem. -- Philippa Perry
Self-esteem is such a challenging issue for young women. -- Kimberly Elise
Whatever you lay your hands on, self-esteem is visible. -- Stephen Richards
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. -- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream. -- Shania Twain
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. -- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess. -- Robert Breault
I esteem death a trifle, if not caused by guilt. -- Plautus
If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it. -- Norm MacDonald
Kids esteem themselves when they have accomplished something worth esteeming. -- Fred Reed
The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem. -- bell hooks

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