#esteem

Every woman knows that, regardless of all her other achievements, she is a failure if she is not beautiful. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#body-image #self-esteem #society #weight #beauty

It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself and meet them greatly. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#esteemed #goes #into #know #least

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

#building #developed #diet #different #eventually

So many comics have such low self-esteem. ↗

— Debra Wilson

#low #low self-esteem #many #self-esteem #such

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause. ↗

— Cole Younger

#esteemed #fighting #fought #honorable #i

Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been, twice as good. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#body-image #self-esteem #self-image #society #beauty

I realized that I don't want to try to change you in order to be with you. That's not fair to you. And I deserve to share my life with someone who's on the same path as me, and right now, that's not you. But I need you to know that you have been such a strength and a comfort to me when I had nothing and," I started to cry, "I love you so much. You truly are my best friend. I don't want to have to imagine my world without you in it. But if following my truth creates that, then know that I will always love you no matter what you choose to do with your life. ↗

— The Hippie

#relationship-quotes #self-esteem #true-to-yourself #change

"...we’re all fucking Duffs.” (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) “I’m not the Duff,” Wesley said confidently. “That’s because you don’t have friends.” (Bianca) “Oh. Right.” ↗

— Kody Keplinger

#self-esteem #design

When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles. Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, a man who's achieved the very summit of earthly ambition. And yet his dreams will be haunted by the oppressions of war. William Wilberforce, however, will return to his family, lay his head on his pillow and remember: the slave trade is no more. ↗

— Charles Fox

#self-esteem #dreams