The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow
Thomas Paine
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently
Friedrich Nietzsche
I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most viol...
Nelson Mandela
I really don`t know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn`t build my self-esteem, and it doesn`t help me grow me at all.
Queen Latifah
It probably took me six years to get over it, with four years of psychotherapy. My self-esteem was unbelievably low, and I found it really hard to build up relationships because I had been used to difficult people. Anybody who was sweet and nice to me was...
Pattie Boyd
A facial birth defect doesn`t get in the way of achievement. Parents need to instill a positive sense of self-esteem in their children so they can pursue their dreams.
Stacy Keach
On the qualities she looks for in a man: "Independent thinking, intelligence and insight, sense of humor, mellow attitude, good kisser, patience, good cook, independent interests, secure self-esteem, good with children, kind heart (no bad boys), someone w...
Lisa Marie Scott
I was not dealt the best physical hand in the world. My nose didn`t fit my mouth. My forehead didn`t fit my cheeks. And those are traditionally the years when a boy is judged primarily on his looks. So, consequently, I suffered from very low self- esteem....
Ron Perlman
I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away wit...
Jackie Earle Haley
I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away wit...
Jackie Earle Haley
Hot Lips changed a lot in eleven years. Initially Margaret Houlihan behaved as though a man were the only thing that could complete her life, and she didn`t see what richness her life contained. She gained a lot of self-esteem through the years, and she c...
Loretta Swit
Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father`s palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the ang...
Andrew Eakle
We need to produce students with strong self-esteem, patience - all those things needed for the creative field, as well as any other field.
David Selby
Those are the critical hours when kids can possibly get into trouble. We try and provide a safe haven for them with positive activities that help foster their self-esteem and character.
Sarah Taylor
This is very important because you are dealing with a population that had a low self-esteem after being on diets before and having failed. Here, we are teaching them a lifestyle change where they can return to life and become productive in the community.
Robert Coleman
The poverty and the influence of the church were very damaging. It damaged all of us emotionally. To be poor deprives you of self-esteem.
Frank McCourt
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
Ron Paul