Charm Quote by Stanisław I Leszczyński

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

— Moliere

The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another: I want your approbation, you stand in…

— Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.

— Samuel Johnson

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

— Eustace Budgell

Esteem all things that are good.

— Tibullus

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

— Moliere

Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force.

— Gloria Steinem

What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.

— Honore de Balzac

Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.

— William Hazlitt

Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.

— Derrick Bell

Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.

— Jules Michelet