Quotes about Esteem

In order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent.

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

What was there in me that could merit esteem,   Or give the Creator delight? 'Twas even so, Father, I ever must sing,   Because it seemed good, in Thy sight.

What is the use of being exquisite if you are not seen by the best judges?

The master was odd. I was kind and just to my dependants, but I excited in them a shrinking, half-contemptuous pity; for this class of men and women are but slightly determined in their estimate of others by general considerations, or even experience, of character. They judge of persons as they judge of coins, and value those who pass current at a high rate.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character [as an author], he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

In the end, the only 'good name' that matters is not how men feel about us, but how God feels about us.

O, how easy it is to do religious things if other people are watching! Preaching, praying, attending church, reading the bible, acts of kindness and charity-they all take on a certain pleasantness of the ego if we know that others will find out about them and think well of us. It is a deadly addiction for esteem that we have.

Respect a man, and he will do all the more.

Acknowledgement and recognition from authoritative quarters are important to every artiste.