So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may be in the right when the world is against him.

I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about "self-esteem" would have seemed like a luxury.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.