Admiration Quotes

543 Admiration quotes by 423 unique authors

He looked at her levelly. There was something in his eyes, a sort of quizzical admiration; she wondered if it was simply admiration of Jessamine’s… — Cassandra Clare
The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests, on… — Thomas B. Macaulay
We live by admiration, hope and love. — William Wordsworth
At a time when everything seems so out of control and the people you've elected are bogus and there's so much random violence and hatred,… — Susan Sarandon
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest,… — Matthew Arnold
Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others… — Andrea Dworkin
No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at… — Thomas Carlyle
Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity. — Anatole France
Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise, the… — William Warburton
Romantic love reaches out in little ways, showing attention and admiration. Romantic love remembers what pleases a woman, what excites her, and what surprises her.… — Charles Stanley
Worship is a response to greatness. A man does not become a worshipper merely by saying, "Now I shall become a worshipper." That is impossible.… — Tom Wells
We can expect God to provide everything necessary to make worship possible. We children of God must ever be dependent upon God, for we have… — Judson Cornwall
If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why… — William Bennett
Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to have a strong,… — Michael Josephson
One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character… — Aristotle
Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. — Elizabeth Bowen
Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity. — Oscar Wilde
When Nixon opened the door to China in the early 1970s, Chinese artists got their first view of the West. Suddenly five centuries of Western… — Arne Glimcher
I have immense admiration for the writer/directors and director/actors who just seamlessly do both jobs at the same time. — Jim Piddock
I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day. — Catherine Mary Stewart
Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business. — Ursula Burns
Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of… — George Will
I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted… — Magdi Yacoub
Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped… — Jemima Khan
When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his… — F. W. de Klerk

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