Approved Quote by John Adams

Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone.

— Margaret Halsey

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one…

— James F. Cooper

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Some people seek to understand, and some people seek to portray what they want to portray.

— Ray Dalio

People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But…

— Idries Shah

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Unscripted, unedited, and wholly authentic people are almost universally admired, especially if they have flaws, are not afraid to make live, red-blooded mistakes, and…

— Augusten Burroughs

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

— John Adams

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and…

— David Hume

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

“The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who…

— Anonymous