Admiration Quote by Paul Reid

“He was one of those men, moreover, who possess almost every gift except the gift of the power to use them;”

— Charles Kingsley

“I gave him the qualities I personally admire in either sex—intelligence, courage but not foolhardiness, sensitivity but not sentimentality, and reticence.”

— P. D. James

“I am sensible that to own an inclination for a man is to put one's self wholly in his power; but sure you have…

— Pierrepont Mary

“His nature was not a suspicious one, and he did not take pleasure, as some men did, in believing himself to have been betrayed.”

— Eleanor Catton

“then it occurred to him that a worthy man dedicates himself not to one particular thing which attracts him, but to all tasks; and…

— James A. Michener

“The sight of every man rising to the occasion generated a wave of pure love in me. A good leader is supposed to inspire…

— Sean Parnell

“some man of power must have existed, with gifts that seemed miraculous to his own times.”

— Mary Stewart

“Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what…

— Victor Hugo

“He had no particular character, having always depended on his position in society to give him position among men.”

— D.H. Lawrence

“The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its…

— Jane Austen

“The true man trusts in a strength which is not his, and which he does not feel, does not even always desire.”

— George MacDonald

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson