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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.
The one and only Gospel waits to be proclaimed by everyone together, in love and reciprocal esteem.
There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
Sport is important for children, especially from disadvantaged places, to bring up their self esteem.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
It isn't hard to see how the lack of representation affects the self esteem of many women world wide.
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.
I am genuinely flattered by Chelsea's interest. It's a club I really respect, and hold in great esteem.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
Puttering is really a time to be alone, to dream, to get in touch with yourself...To putter is to discover.
We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.
Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.
Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.
Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.
I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist.
I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?
All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.
My goal was always to be part of pop culture and relevant to young people, to interact with the people they hold in high esteem.
Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never sought their esteem or regard.
People who are seriously damaged by sudden fame and notoriety have, in my experience, very low esteem at the root of their being.
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
I had grown up during a time when Notre Dame football was held in the highest esteem. I listened to all of the games on the radio.
[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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.
Without an ugly America to loathe, there is no automatic esteem to receive. Thus liberalism's unrelenting current of anti-Americanism.
People will ask you the question 'how is life treating you?' But my question is 'how are you treating life?' On that your happiness rests
Poetry contains love and holds it in high esteem, even though love always humiliates it by using it merely as a soothing after-shave lotion.
Virtue is everywhere that which is thought praiseworthy; and nothing else but that which has the allowance of public esteem is called virtue.
It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.
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.
We esteem, honor, and love the apostles more than the other saints, because they served God more faithfully and because they loved Him more perfectly.
I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.