“Self-confidence should be applied to wholesome actions, Overcoming of delusions and my ability to overcome them. Thinking, 'I alone shall do it' Is the self-confidence of action.” ThinkingShouldSelfActionAbilitySelf EsteemOvercomingSelf ConfidenceEsteemDelusion Author:Shantideva
“When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from love and place you in the realm of hatred. You should know that you have been greatly benefited when you have suffered deeply because of some insult or indignity; for by means of the indignity self-esteem has been driven out of you.” KnowsShouldMeanHas BeensSelfFeelingsChristianCuttingSelf EsteemHatredAngryDrivenEsteemRealmsInsultOrthodoxInsultedHumiliatedIrritationIndignity Author:Maximus the Confessor
“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).” ShouldFirstsMeanSelfLightChristianSpiritEvilNaturalPracticeVirtueGraceSelf EsteemPrayingTrainStriveIntellectFleshInvisibleDiscriminationEsteemOrthodoxCompanionshipStrifeOrthodox ChristianIlluminatingKnowledge Of GodStrongholds Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem.” ThinkingWorldShouldSelfHelpingSchoolSelf EsteemStudentsBuildingActivityLowsIndependentSelf ConfidenceEsteemObedienceLow Self EsteemSchool Buildings Author:Alison Lurie
“Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.” ThinkingMenShouldMindWholeMightCertainOrderCapableAll ThingsIntellectWitEsteemFoundersMeasuringPresumptionSurpassingCommemoration Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.” ShouldDoeSelfHelpingSportsTeachSelf EsteemDisciplineEsteemWinnerSelf ControlSuccess In LifeSelf DisciplineTrophiesDiscipline And Self Control Author:Roy Baumeister
“If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.” IfsMenShouldWarEndsCountryWould BeEnemyHe ManRevolutionIndiaChinaEsteemBeatenEnglishmen Author:Napoleon Bonaparte