Admiration Quotes

“What I admire most in any man is a serene spirit, a steady freedom from moral indignation, and all-embracing tolerance--in brief,what is commonly called sportsmanship.”

“We must understand how to hide in darkness in order to escape the gnat-swarms of utterly annoying admirers.”

“The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in change, as from the distaste we feel in being too little admired by those that know us too well, and the hope of being more admired by those that know us less.”

“We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.”

“But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.”

“The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.”

“Admiration and familiarity are strangers.”

“Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.”

“Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.”

“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”

“I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.”

“We always like those who admire us.”

“I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.”

“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off - and they are nearly always doing it.”

“Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.”

“The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.”

“I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that.”

“There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.”

“But so fair, She takes the breath of men away Who gaze upon her unaware.”

“Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.”

“You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt”

“Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to.”

“That little Miley Cyrus... she's like a little Elvis. The kids love her because she's Hannah Montana, but what people don't realize about her is she is such a fantastic singer and songwriter. She writes songs like she's 40 years old!”

“The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.”