Self Esteem Quotes - Page 35

• Always help people increase their own self-esteem. Develop your skill in making other people feel important.

  Donald Laird

  Skills, People, Important

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• I've suffered from low self-esteem.

  Ken Kercheval

  Lows, Self, Low Self Esteem

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• Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.

  James Heckman

  Perseverance, Motivation, Mean

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• lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

  Oprah Winfrey

  War, Fighting, Roots

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• Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy.

  Gloria Steinem

  Democracy, Bases, Self

  Gloria Steinem (2017). “Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within”, p.1145, Open Road Media

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• No man can have much kindness for him by whom he does not believe himself esteemed, and nothing so evidently proves esteem as imitation.

  Samuel Johnson

  Kindness, Believe, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1809). “The Rambler”, p.249

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• The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Opposites, Higher, Self

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• There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.

  Joseph Joubert

  Men, Long, Kind

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• Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing. ... I don't blame men for this. Men seem to go for us no matter what size and shape we are. I blame capitalism. No, really. The consumer must constantly be in a state of anxious low self-esteem so that she will constantly buy lipsticks and girdles to make her feel cuter.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Men, Trying, Body

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• Vanity may be likened to the smooth-skinned and velvet-footed mouse, nibbling about forever in expectation of a crumb; while self-esteem is too apt to take the likeness of the huge butcher's dog, who carries off your steaks, and growls at you as be goes.

  William Gilmore Simms

  Dog, Vanity, Expectations

  William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.17

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• She who only finds her self-esteem
  In others' admiration, begs an alms;
  Depends on others for her daily food,
  And is the very servant of her slaves;
  Tho' oftentimes, in a fantastic hour,
  O'er men she may a childish pow'r exert,
  Which not ennobles but degrades her state.

  Joanna Baillie

  Men, May, Coquette

  Joanna Baillie (1853). “The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie”, p.27

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• All amateur travellers have experienced horror journeys, long or short, sooner or later, one way or another. As a student of disaster, I note that we react alike to our tribulations: frayed and bitter at the time, proud afterwards. Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Travel, Journey, Long

  Martha Gellhorn (2001). “Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir”, p.13, Penguin

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• Learn more about yourself! Make a self-esteem collage using pictures of other people you wish you were.

  Amy Sedaris

  People, Wish, About Yourself

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• Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.

  Khalil Gibran

  Insults You, Praise, Deserve

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• I was just starting out, trying to become a screenwriter, and I became the Austin slam champion three times. For a nerdy, kind of a socially awkward guy, that did wonders for my self esteem.

  Ernest Cline

  Guy, Champion, Awkward

  "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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• I approach the film business the way I feel about self-esteem. It's something that has to be maintained. That's kind of how I feel about positive roles in Hollywood. They have to be maintained. You have to purposefully, intentionally try to make the right type of films. And the more people that do that, the more things will continue to improve.

  Queen Latifah

  People, Trying, Hollywood

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• Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.

  Byron Katie

  Friendly, Lows, Universe

  "The Turnaround: A Byron Katie Interview". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. December 3, 2013.

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• People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job.

  Rob Payne

  Jobs, Impact, People

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 16, 2003.

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• Brazilians need to work on their own national pride. I always think that they suffer from national low-self esteem. It's a lesser-developed country, and they have struggled so much. Sometimes they have an attitude that, if it's Brazilian, it can't be good.

  Amy Irving

  Country, Attitude, Pride

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• Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or self esteem from swelling into insolence. A thousand incivilities may be committed, and a thousand offices neglected. without any remorse of conscience, or reproach from reason.

  Samuel Johnson

  Mean, Law, Office

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay”, p.459

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• Remember that nothing is so damaging to self-esteem as waiting for a telephone or door-bell that doesn't ring.

  Marjorie Hillis

  Doors, Waiting, Bells

  Marjorie Hillis (2012). “Live Alone And Like It”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• I understand how important hair is to a woman's self-esteem and confidence.

  Cat Deeley

  Hair, Important, Self

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• Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.

  Arabella Weir

  Self Worth, Building Up, Skills

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• The Ayodhya judgment will work as a catalyst to maintain peace and unity in the country. This judgment has given a respect to belief and self esteem of the people of India, and it should be linked to self esteem of the country.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, People, Empowerment

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• Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.

  Wesley Clark

  Smart, Years, Way

  "Wesley Clark: What I've Learned" by Ryan D'Agostino, www.esquire.com. December 18, 2008.

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