Self-Esteem

(36 votes)   You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?

Dr. Seuss
American Writer and Cartoonist, b. 1904-1991

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(227 votes)   When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.

Geoffrey F. Abert

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(162 votes)   One is rated by others as he rates himself.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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(147 votes)   I'm frustrated by what I hear. Maybe it's not meant for me. Personally, I'm way too bright for a lot of the hip-hop lyrics to affect. I'm much too smart to think that jewelry or how cool I am is really going to change much about my personality. If you're dumb enough that it entertains you, have a great time. But I am seeking more than that.

Tom Petty
American Singer - b 1950 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

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(146 votes)   If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

Alexander The Great
352-323 BC, Alexander III, Ancient Macedonian King

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(139 votes)   Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate.

Source Unknown

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(134 votes)   The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

Thomas p Kempis
1379-1471, German Monk, Mystic, Religious Writer

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(95 votes)   We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Jean De La Bruyere
1645-1696, French Writer

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(88 votes)   Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.

Karl A. Menninger
1893-1990, American Psychiatrist

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(86 votes)   Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(84 votes)   The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(83 votes)   A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.

Jean De La Bruyere
1645-1696, French Writer

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(78 votes)   Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.

Ruckett

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(76 votes)   A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(74 votes)   He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser.

Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900, German Philosopher

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