Esteem Quotes

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

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.

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

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

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

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

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

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

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Self esteem comes from doing something and accomplishing something.

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.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

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.