Admiration Quote by Idries Shah

Does not every true man feel that he is himself made higher by doing reverence to what is really above him?

— Thomas Carlyle

It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if…

— Charles Spurgeon

The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.

— Charles Spurgeon

The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

— Henry Miller

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

— William Penn

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high…

— Thomas Sprat

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so…

— Confucius

It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.

— John Ruskin

“Because man loves and honors man as long as he is not able to judge him, and desire is a product of lacking knowledge.”

— Thomas Mann

The superior man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

— Confucius