Admirer Quote by Plutarch

“So, he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find…

— Lao Tzu

Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.

— Bill Vaughan

“In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization”

— Eckhart Tolle

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead…

— William Arthur Ward

Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves…

— Nathaniel Branden

“The “noble” person has a completely naïve and non-reflective awareness of his own value and of his fullness of being, an obscure conviction which…

— Max Scheler

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those…

— Samuel Johnson

“The arrogant seeks those who admire him as much as the humble seeks those whom he admires. That is why the arrogant seem popular…

— Robin Sacredfire

It is the mark of a superior person that, left to themselves they are able endlessly to amuse, interest and entertain themselves out of…

— George Jean Nathan

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better…

— Leo Tolstoy

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well…

— Thucydides

“When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.”

— John Calvin