--- title: "11 Men Valued Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Men Valued quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Men Valued sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/danny-tagle-41926_men-and-women_we-men-are-not-valued-for-what-we-are-bu_962666.jpg" --- > [We men are not valued for what we are, but for what they think we seem to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-tagle/we-men-are-not-valued-for-what-we-are-but-for-what-they-think-we-seem/) [Danny Tagle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-tagle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/danny-tagle-41926_men-and-women_we-men-are-not-valued-for-what-we-are-bu_962666.jpg) > [Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/men-are-valued-not-for-what-they-are-but-for-what-they-seem-to-be/) [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron-lytton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/edward-bulwer-lytton-1st-baron_appearance_men-are-valued-not-for-what-they-are-but_2178771.jpg) > [Most women felt men 'valued' intelligence in women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mazher-mazher50/most-women-felt-men-valued-intelligence-in-women/) [Mazher (@mazher50](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mazher-mazher50/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/mazher-mazher50-4127_family-love_most-women-felt-men-valued-intelligence_2721582.jpg) > [Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-webster/men-often-are-valued-high-when-they-are-most-wretched/) [John Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/john-webster-7470_greatness_men-often-are-valued-high-when-they-are_2494677.png) > [Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/men-were-valued-by-what-they-did-women-by-how-they-looked-and-then-by/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/gloria-steinem-277_husband_men-were-valued-by-what-they-did-women-b_2091060.jpg) > [There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/there-are-a-great-many-men-valued-in-society-who-have-nothing-to/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_great-man_there-are-a-great-many-men-valued-in-soc_1663165.png) > [For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-pearson/for-centuries-the-question-of-men-needing-to-comprehend-women-simply/) [Allison Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/allison-pearson-10663_arise_for-centuries-the-question-of-men-needin_2199505.png) > [We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/we-are-so-obsessed-with-doing-that-we-have-no-time-and-no-imagination/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/thomas-merton-231_imagination_we-are-so-obsessed-with-doing-that-we-ha_1469794.jpg) > [“More than most men, he valued his name-I only hoped that given time, it would once more have value.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/more-than-most-men-he-valued-his-name-i-only-hoped-that-given-time-it/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/diana-gabaldon-185_time_more-than-most-men-he-valued-his-name-i_1927874.jpg) > [O, how much those men are to be valued who, in the spirit with which the widow gave up her two mites,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-hubbel-chapin/o-how-much-those-men-are-to-be-valued-who-in-the-spirit-with-which/) [Edwin Hubbel Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-hubbel-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/edwin-hubbel-chapin-1652_ashes_o-how-much-those-men-are-to-be-valued-wh_2946012.jpg) > [All other great men are valued for their lives; He, above all, for His death, around which mercy and truth, righteousness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-thomson/all-other-great-men-are-valued-for-their-lives-he-above-all-for-his/) [Edward Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/edward-thomson-33920_age_all-other-great-men-are-valued-for-their_2833567.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men-valued/#itemlist", "name": "Men Valued Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We men are not valued for what we are, but for what they think we seem to 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