Self-righteousness, when you think about it, is a contra-indicator of self-esteem. It's what sets in when genuine righteousness eludes us.
Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.
Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
I have struggled with self-esteem issues since my teens, but it's clear in my first long-ago diary that I didn't start out that way. I acquired my low self-esteem. I learned it.
Call centres employ mainly out-of-work actors because vocal skills plus low self-esteem equals reliable cold caller.
So many comics have such low self-esteem.
I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.
I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.
I think I finally overcame my self-esteem and confidence issues at around 20.
Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.