Quotes about Esteem

You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.

The imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit… is very valuable in God's eyes. 1 Peter 3:4

I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

The one and only Gospel waits to be proclaimed by everyone together, in love and reciprocal esteem.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no better when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, simple, and despicable; for what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more.

in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing. In truth, a mature man who uses hair-oil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere. As a general rule, he can't amount to much in his totality.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honour more.

Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration?

Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration?

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

They may not like me, but they respect me. Respect is better than like.