Admire Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“When I was young, I admired people who were clever. Now that I am old, I admire people who are kind.”

— Martin Buber

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.

— Jeff Bezos

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

— Penelope Keith

I admire intelligent people much more than the educated ones.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“Kindness and intelligence are the preoccupations of age. Being cruel and thoughtless is far more fascinating when you're twenty.”

— Ray Bradbury

It's harder to be kind than clever

— Jeff Bezos

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

— Sidney Sheldon

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.

— Jeff Bezos

I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.

— Mark Twain

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way…

— Martin Scorsese