He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser. - Friedrich Nietzsche
The actual confident man, the man truly sure of himself, is not he who esteems himself higher than others, but he who is sure enough that he can bear to esteem others higher than himself. - Criss Jami
One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone, but only when one esteems him as an equal or a superior. - Friedrich Nietzsche
So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. - Francois Rabelais
He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser. - Friedrich Nietzsche