Admirable Quotes

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It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world… — William Penn
[For] men to whom nothing seems great but reason ... nature ... is a cosmos, so admirable, that to penetrate to its ways seems to… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Now this circumscribed power, which we have scarcely examined, scarcely studied, this power to whose actions we nearly always attribute an intention and a goal,… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working. — John C. Maxwell
There is perhaps nothing so admirable in Christianity and Buddhism as their art of teaching even the lowest to elevate themselves by piety to a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O Lord, inspire me… — Clare of Assisi
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things… — Sean O Faolain
Society is purely and solely a continual series of exchanges... And the greatest eulogy we can give it, for exchange is an admirable transaction, in… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil.… — Charles Horton Cooley
The skylines lit up at dead of night, the air-conditioning systems cooling empty hotels in the desert and artificial light in the middle of the… — Jean Baudrillard
To me there is nothing so admirable as a passionate love-bond between two human begins. Sam loves Frodo and wants to protect him and Frodo… — Sean Astin
I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name.… — Helen Mirren
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers. — Man Ray
I think it's important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn't be so admirable. The… — David McCullough
I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and… — Greer Garson
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait — Hattie McDaniel
Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be... not really very admirable.… — Charlton Heston
I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional — Matthew Gray Gubler
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as machines. Or, actually,… — Nick Harkaway
Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were barely visible to… — David Plotz

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