“Someone once said that the most important knowledge is knowledge of our own ignorance. Our schools are depriving millions of students of that kind of knowledge by promoting "self-esteem" and encouraging them to have opinions on things of which they are grossly ignorant, if not misinformed.” IfsKindSaidImportantSelfSchoolEducationOpinionMillionsSelf EsteemStudentsIgnoranceIgnorantEsteemPromotingDepriving Author:Thomas Sowell
“Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.” OpinionSelf EsteemEsteem Author:Teresa Mummert
“Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.” MenMayReasonDesireOpinionVictoryJudgmentArgumentArguingEsteemSettlingContestsSpoil Author:Thomas Browne
“Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.” MenOpinionHonestEsteemHonest ManRecompense Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him.” IfsMenMayCharacterOpinionJudgingBlameBoundsEsteemCalculationsEquitableCharacter Of A Man Author:Madame de Stael
“If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.” IfsSelfOpinionSelf EsteemIdentitySourceAmountInvolvedProjectsFoundationBoundsEsteemInevitableSooner Or LaterComes And GoesUnstableUnreliableBatteredMarkersOthers OpinionsInevitable ChangeMoney Comes And Goes Author:Dalai Lama