Esteem Quotes

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.

Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.

I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.

Self esteem comes from doing something and accomplishing something.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.