Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.    From LearnThat.org.  [Winston Churchill]

Our esteemed leader.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

This little princess was named Mary, a name esteemed then, as now, as the most beautiful of all names.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Book of Tales] Reference

The other Chris has now called the esteemed Mr. Brownlee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll] Reference

I left my goods that I have evermore most highly esteemed, that is, my word and sacraments, to be dispensed of you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sermons on the Card] Reference

Herrera refers to as esteemed their greatest treasure by the chiefs who broke up their ancient confederation when Mayapan was deserted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1] Reference

Not just the blogs, but the Pentagon and the "esteemed" John Warner.    From Wordnik.com.  [More evidence of the right wing smear machine. The Pentagon and Senator John Warner are part of it.] Reference

Well, I like the 'esteemed' thing, I may put it on my business cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-05] Reference

Rubin's father said that the family had consulted several "esteemed" Orthodox rabbis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

I don't think our "esteemed" mayor will garner any white votes and probably not too many others either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Villaraigosa to make announcement on Situation Room] Reference

Has the "esteemed" senator bothered to consider that maybe, just maybe, his circuit court vote was in error?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republican senator won't meet with Sotomayor] Reference

I thought Villaraigosa was going to end all of the fiscally ridiculous decisions made by our "esteemed" city council.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Thread for Wednesday] Reference

By the articles in our local paper today, it seems as though we may be on our way to ridding our state of our "esteemed" Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let's move past Wilson's outburst, Cantor says] Reference

So last night found me in esteemed company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Maitre d 'thought ex-Marine resembled the "esteemed" Muammar al-Gaddafi.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelsWithSheila.com] Reference

Jakarta City Council scrutinizes huge fees for 'esteemed' public schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post] Reference

Not really an appropriate thing for an "esteemed" politician to say in public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

Additionally, Rolling Stone magazine published a piece last week written by the "esteemed".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

I'm sure that some of our "esteemed" representatives probably have some ingrained objection to.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

For example, your "esteemed" (scary quotes) colleagues who constantly try to cast Real Climate as politically partisan.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

Apparently the committee of "esteemed" economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) doesn't get paid for timeliness.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

He had heard of your pretensions; and our relationship, etc.: "esteemed" it -- you know the City dialect -- his duty to mention, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference

This letter is for Mr Enill and his 'esteemed' colleagues, but more so for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who still care about our nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference

"esteemed" and then marveled that the word is rarely heard in that context.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

This has tarnished the esteemed image of the London police.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Alternative Fuels] Reference

But Weinberger esteemed Crowe and ensured he got the CINCPAC job.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rare Soldier-Statesman] Reference

Best bid: hang around as DH long enough to become an esteemed vet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Mccain Voted For A 'Junk' Bill, Home Remedy,] Reference

His position, however, is far less esteemed among Thailand's neighbors.    From Wordnik.com.  [THAILAND: AN ANNOYING NEIGHBOR] Reference

But poetry is a powerful component of Somali culture, and poets remain highly esteemed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saying a Poem for Peace] Reference

The challenge is how to keep the world's most esteemed monuments from being loved to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanishing Acts] Reference

This is the same esteemed body that passes more ceremonial street-name changes than actual laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Beat: Give Pontification A Chance] Reference

Take H. Mahmood Al-Bunnia & Sons Group, among Iraq's largest and most esteemed family businesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Land of Tycoons] Reference

Instead, they engage with some of its most esteemed members and, in doing so, pose intriguing questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place On ‘The Black List’] Reference

Suddenly it seems possible that the first-time director could keep the esteemed vet in the winless column.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood: Could Jack And Marty Actually Lose?] Reference

As Biden could tell his esteemed colleague, if only he could pull his foot out of his mouth long enough to say it.    From Wordnik.com.  [At War With His Mouth] Reference

With much fanfare, our library board hired an esteemed New York architectural firm to design the riverfront building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did A Car Hit It--Or Maybe A Train?] Reference

"I'm from Acme," the esteemed firm from which Wile E. Coyote bought all his explosives in the old "Road Runner" cartoons.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Beat: New York City's Security Myth] Reference

Of course, the Academy has given out directing Oscars in the past to such esteemed auteurs as Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oscar Insanity] Reference

Rice growers -- long esteemed as the bedrock of traditional society -- saw rural communities collapsing in a single generation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Japan That Can Say Yes] Reference

He should know: since 1995 Rusbridger has been editor of The Guardian, among the most esteemed of Britain's dozen national newspapers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rethinking The Media Rules] Reference