Quotes of: Esteem Keyword

I am often asked whether physical aggression by women toward men, such as a slap in the face, is abuse. The answer is: “It depends.” Men typically experience women’s shoves or slaps as annoying and infuriating rather than intimidating, so the l...

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are a number of occasions when it suits him to pose as a sort of Candide: naive, and ill-prepared for and easily unhorsed by events. No doubt this...

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Thomas More

Why do we put our self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Helena Bonham Carter

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.

Bruce Beresford

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

Tyra Banks

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

Thomas Paine

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities - because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Joseph Chamberlain

I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did.

Ben Affleck

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

Eustace Budgell

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

Judi Dench

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

William Cobbett

The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different. In externalizing the source...

The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide

Men recorded their experiences and called it history; men looked about the world and called their observations science; men wondered about the existence of God and the problem of evil and called their speculations theology; men did handiwork and call...

Women And Self Esteem: Understanding And Improving The Way We Think And Feel About Ourselves

We are exactly what our history made us to be.

Boost Your Self Esteem

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

Luc de Clapiers

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Winston Churchill

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld