Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

Things I say have value and I would love for you to value them, however you get it.

If we give something value, it becomes valuable.

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

All I want is respect.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

We have so exalted a notion of the human soul that we cannot bear to be despised, or even not to be esteemed by it. Man, in fact, places all his happiness in this esteem.

The sum of all known value and respect, I add up in you, whoever you are.

No One in the Entire World is as Precious as You are.

Not all men are worthy of love.

Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.

You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do.

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing.

Guys want to be respected and acknowledged. They want to feel what they contributed matters.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.

I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn!

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello.

Anyone who can feel that way about a woman is worth lovin himself.

I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.