Beloved Quote by John Adams

“A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest…

— Jeff Wheeler

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

Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason to imagine…

— Samuel Johnson

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, friendship, respect, admiration are the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the…

— Ayn Rand

It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the…

— Mark Twain

A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake,…

— Henry Fielding

“Within the nature of every person is a desire to feel appreciated, to feel needed, and to be loved.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

“In temperament the Second Men were curiously different from the earlier species. The same factors were present, but in different proportions, and in far…

— Olaf Stapledon

It is good to be attracted out of ourselves, to be forced to take a near view of the sufferings, the privations, the efforts,…

— Charlotte Bronte

“The first thing which philosophy undertakes to give is fellow-feeling with all men; in other words, sympathy and sociability.”

— Seneca

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and…

— Joseph Addison