Esteem Quotes
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Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.
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We have chosen Mahomet not as the most eminent Prophet; but as the one we are freest to speak of. He is by no means the truest of Prophets; but I do esteem him a true one.
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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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I hold my parents in such high esteem for what they do, so that, in and of itself, is a very lucky position to be in.
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Do we, mad as we all are after riches, hear often enough from the pulpit the spirit of those words in which Dean Swift, in his epitaph on the affluent and profligate Colonel Chartres, announces the small esteem of wealth in the eyes of God, from the fact of His thus lavishing it upon the meanest and basest of His creatures?
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Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.
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There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.
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It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.
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Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.
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Wedded love is founded on esteem.
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It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.
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Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.
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Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
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The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.
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Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.
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No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.
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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
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A lot of men's bluster is really indicating how much the esteem of women means to them, and not how little. I was surprised, too, to find that men care as much as they do.
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At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.
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Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.
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We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons will respond.
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The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
