Admiration Quotes · Page 11

Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

— Elizabeth Montagu

“Every scientist is a descendant of Humboldt . We are all his family.”

— Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.

— Eric Stoltz

“You're competent enough on the trail." Don't slay me with admiration.”

— Tara K. Harper

“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”

— Edmund Burke

That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave.

— Patricia Hill Collins

“If someone burns out your eye I will take your socket and use it for an ashtray.”

— Anne Sexton

It wouldn't matters If I'll wait here in distance. Even distance seems so far away. I'm willing to wait for so long.

— Louaiq8

“I don't think any woman minds knowing she looks good, as long as the admiration isn't expressed in an offensive way and…

— Charlaine Harris

A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Friendship is like the aroma of fresh coffee that entails admiration, temptation, trust, love and good memories.

— Anonymous

Your smile is like a sunrise, it sets the clouds on fire. But just being with you, is what I always admire.

— Francine Chiar

Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really…

— John Steinbeck

“admiration —and surprise. It was nearly unheard of for a woman to hold property, he knew, even a woman of her rank…

— Brenda Hiatt

The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals…

— Theodore Zeldin

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that…

— Phillips Brooks

Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all…

— Nancy Pelosi

I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will never…

— Donald Miller

Mark Twain on George Ade's writing: I have been reading him [Ade] again, and my admiration overflows all limits. How effortless the…

— George Ade

Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

With Ameen Rihani the matter is diametrically opposite to Alois Musil's Arabian Desert, in purpose, in point of view and, above all,…

— William Seabrook

I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in…

— Bertrand Russell

God the Eternal Father did not give [the] first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Taste, if it mean anything but a paltry connoisseurship, must mean a general susceptibility to truth and nobleness, a sense to discern,…

— Thomas Carlyle

True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those…

— Anonymous

“She who can paint a masterpiece or write a book that will influence millions deserves the plaudits and admiration of mankind. But…

— David O. McKay

“All right, Chris, you've given me a breather. I'm prepared for anything. And thank you for saying all of that, and for…

— V.C. Andrews

The enormous dynamic and creative, as well as destructive energy of capitalism... is written up with more praise and more respect by…

— Christopher Hitchens

One of George Washington's main concerns was to make sure that his soldiers had adequate supplies of meat: A part of the…

— George Washington

Im a complete poet Now no it Dont even half to ask show it new mc like biggy I make it juicy…

— KeShawn Lovell Dunning

A man with character strengths is all that a woman not only admires, but feels deep respect for.

— Senora Roy

We'll never reach our potential if we don't stay together.

— Jamaal

Envy is a sign of admiration. Hate is the epitome of destruction.

— Mario Tomasello

I can only have admiration for the Irish as a nation.

— Kasper Schmeichel

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

— Ambrose Bierce

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work.

— Anonymous

“As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it.”

— Jane Austen