Admirable Quotes

231 quotes by 207 authors

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille
It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps… — Allan Massie
Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support… — Michael Enzi
No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the same way. — Jock Sturges
I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity or of religion… — David Bentley Hart
Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart. — Shinichi Suzuki
The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable â€” it is wrong. Jesusâ€™ death… — Timothy Keller
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know. After all, it's… — Diane Setterfield
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates
Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the… — Khalil Gibran
Nature is an admirable schoolmistress. — Henry David Thoreau
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring… — Jean Giono
Our greatest troubles spring from something that is as admirable as it is dangerous ... our impatience to better the lot of our fellows. — Karl Popper
There is no better friendship booster than the ability to listen. The ability to show genuine interest in others is an admirable quality of a… — Phil Callaway
NDCC is an admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave the world) is not a… — Dan Smoot
There are normal times when it is wholly admirable to be steadfast, resolute, unconflicted, and therefore when integrity is unmistakenly a virtue. The person of… — Simon Blackburn
Everyone has the capacity for courage. We don't need to face extreme circumstances to become admirable people. — Mariane Pearl
This was a new recognition that perfection is admirable but a trifle inhuman, and that a stumbling kind of semi-success can be much more warming.… — Roger Angell
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of… — Pierre Curie
There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but Â many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought Â a great deal… — Robert Twigger

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