The phrase "thinking highly of" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to express admiration or respect for someone or something. It can also imply having a positive opinion or perception of someone or something. Example: "She always speaks highly of her boss, thinking highly of his leadership skills." "Thinking highly of oneself can sometimes lead to arrogance." "I have always thought highly of the academic standards at this university."
In everyday discourse, the valuing sense of respect, especially when used about people, most commonly means thinking highly of someone, i.e., evaluative respect.
"Toyota believes in thinking highly of people's wisdom," says Shih. "If you only care about mechanical things, you won't be a great company".
But thinking highly of themselves is exactly what children -- particularly girls -- need to do more of.
A healthy ego or sense of "self" is considered to be one that falls somewhere between thinking highly of ourself, but not too highly that our ego "size" is bigger than it should be.
In thinking highly enough of his audiences to challenge them, Mr. Alden makes us grow up, too.
She suggested that, while the individual mandate seems vulnerable to being ruled unconstitutional, striking down the entire law seems "highly unlikely, and to my way of thinking, highly undesirable, because I think it's unnecessary".
Schulz was raised in what sounds like a grim, even more isolated version of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon — a close-knit place ruled by church and family, where book learning was regarded with suspicion and where, far from being above average, children were discouraged from thinking too highly of themselves.
However, we sometimes misjudge others in thinking too highly of them and at other times misjudge by underestimation.
Of course, my biology professor told me grey hairs come from aging, but as Peter Thiel would say, stop thinking too highly of higher ed.
But I did end up thinking pretty highly of "Other Space," a charming new Yahoo!
Narcissistic personality disorder crosses the border of healthy confidence into thinking so highly of yourself that you put yourself on a pedestal and value yourself more than you value others.
