#esteem

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. ↗

— John Milton

#just #more #nothing #profits #right

Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#worth #funny

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing. ↗

— Moliere

#everyone #founded #high #hold #must

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is. ↗

— Thomas More

#even #everywhere #gold #hear #itself

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#i #i think #most #self-esteem #think

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. ↗

— William Temple

#books #chief #esteem #like #passed

It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.' ↗

— Ellen Muth

#father #her #like #me #my self

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#arts #at-risk #builds #century #community

I had low self-esteem. ↗

— Jennifer O'Neill

#i #low #low self-esteem #self-esteem

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem. ↗

— Kelly Osbourne

#being #being judged #broke #called #comes