Famous quotes containing the word esteem:
“Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“It is hard to love those we do not truly esteem; but it is no less so to love those we esteem a great deal more than ourselves.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)