Quotes about Esteem

He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment.

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons. To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

To have no opinion of ourselves, and to think always well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection.

is truly great who deemeth himself small, and counteth all height of honour as nothing.

To think of oneself as nothing, and always to think well and highly of others is the best and most perfect wisdom.

Neither do I think that I ever put any dishonour upon you.

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Always make the other person feel important. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature;