Adoration Quote by Tom Coburn

There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and…

— Martin Luther

It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and…

— William Benton Clulow

Admittedly great though these reasons be, they are not the principal grounds, that is, those which may rightfully claim for themselves the privilege of…

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.

— Luc de Clapiers

“Based on decades of observation, I propose that sudden high levels of praise always trigger an equal amount of inner self-loathing.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

What's the use of being legible, when nothing inspires you to take notice of it?

— Wolfgang Weingart

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

— Vladimir Putin

There is iconoclasm in the excessively intellectual, and they delight in destroying their dearest moral or sentimental idols, the better to prove their strength.

— Paul Bourget

By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.

— Emily Bronte

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

— Martin Luther King, Jr