Sentence examples for gain self-esteem. from inspiring English sources

Many people gain self-esteem from their financial position and material goods.

Other critics of the policy contend that, for some students, sports represent the biggest opportunity to gain self-esteem.

Rita Jendrzejewski, a creative arts therapist who worked with Ms. Parker, said art therapy can help people communicate, deal with problems and gain self-esteem and mastery over their circumstances.

The latest in the seemingly endless line of sports movies in which a bunch of misfits (LA gang-bangers in prison) are whipped into shape by a shouty coach (The Rock), and gain self-esteem on the pitch.

"I decided to write a play that would explore the idea of an out gay boxer as a means of looking at my own feelings of inadequacy as a kid and encourage young gays to gain self-esteem".

"Secret Society," which opens today in New York, is the latest in an apparently endless series of British comedies in which an unlikely competitive activity becomes a way for hard-pressed ordinary folk to overcome adversity, gain self-esteem and find a moment of modest glory.

Along the way, she gained self-esteem, and by Michael's second year in the program, she enrolled in college.

And Oregon's sleazy affair with Professor Shales, which could have been so easily a cliched depiction of teen-on-wrinkly rutting, is actually a nuanced bit of sophistication, with her clumsily unsure whether to choose excitement or self-respect and him gaining self-esteem as she inevitably loses it.

"It's a way of gaining self-esteem through recognition of something they've put some effort into," explained Finkle, who added that each of the 1,018 elementary-school entrants will be given a certificate acknowledging their participation.

They were gaining self-esteem, inspiring themselves and each other, learning and displaying patience, trust, courage and especially perseverance: "It's about getting them used to failing but then working through it," Agnew says in an interview.

When the friend of a man destroys his own face by showing off with a Bic lighter ("a joke blows up"), the speaker gains self-esteem, dreams of marriage on the loading dock where he works, and acts to arrange an affair with the friend's wife.