Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance.

Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

Ego is good.

I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

I had low self-esteem.

I've had a lot of self-esteem issues.

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).

If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with us, so little perception as to remain blind to our fatal weaknesses. On the other, we are peculiarly in thrall to everyone we see, curiously determined to live out — since our self-image is untenable — their false notions of us… We play roles doomed to failure before they are begun, each defeat generating fresh despair at the urgency of divining and meeting the next demand made upon us.

I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself.

That's the biggest thing to separate - your body from your self worth.

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.