Esteem Quote by Benjamin Whichcote Download Open image “Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.” — Benjamin Whichcote ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Esteem Politics Principles Profitable Religion Respect Troublesome
“Religious people should always be wary of the ways in which political power is wielded and skeptical of how economic privileges are distributed. They… — E.J. Dionne Jr Copy Share Image
Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“More people than ever before look to government as their best chance of securing well-being rather than as their inevitable enemy. Politics as a… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
“Greedy people and power brokers mixing religion and politics to find advantage, trying to exploit good to build strength for themselves.” — D.C. Macey Copy Share Image
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I think, when you become a politician, if you talk about religion too much, you're pandering or something. — Amy Chozick Copy Share Image
“My reading of American religious history is that religion always functions best from the margins of society and not in the councils of power. Once you identify the faith with a particular candidate or party or with the quest for political influence, ultimately it is the faith that suffers. Compromise may work in politics. It's less appropriate to the realm… — Randall Balmer Copy Share
The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, [religious] faith is often the sole foundation of a moral attitude... For the political man, the value of a religion must be estimated less by its deficiencies than by the virtue of a visibly better substitute. As long as this appears to be lacking, what is… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share
Religion is all good, but we are almost back to medieval times now, where we are obsessed with going into religious wars and electing… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you go to any nunnery and ask them what the main obstacle is, they'll always say low self-esteem and lack of confidence. It… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night. — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image