Admiration Quote by Denis Diderot

“There are three things admiration affirms; the lack of autonomy, the senility of the mind, and the strength of desperation. Irrationality and inferiority are…

— Lionel Suggs

Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise,…

— William Warburton

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

— William Hazlitt

Vanity and narcissism — the compulsive need to be admired and praised — undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction…

— Rollo May

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

— Benjamin Franklin

Admiration is seen as a noble sentiment - we admire people for admiring others, detecting, in their admiration, a suggestion of taste and humility.

— Maria Konnikova

Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the…

— Nick Clegg

“I wanted to show how humans can have ugly feelings that they might prefer not to acknowledge; how we’re all caught up in our…

— J. K. Rowling

The love of admiration leads to fraud, much more than the love of commendation; but, on the other hand, the latter is much more…

— Richard Whately

Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross.

— Taissa Farmiga

Criticism precedes admiration and – like it or not – goes hand in hand with success. Keep pouring on the success, and sooner or…

— Grant Cardone

An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it.

— Nathan Eldon Tanner