Admiration Quotes - Page 24

• People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.

  Emily Eden

  Jealousy, Real, Hard Work

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.8

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• The Iraqi Baath Socialist Party was modelled in large part on admiration for European National Socialist and Fascist movements, hoped to emulate them especially in their nationalism against the West. But mutated by Saddam Hussein it became also one that very, very much admired, and grew a special moustache in admiration of the work of Yosif Vissarionovitch Dzugashvili, the great Georgian known to us historically as Stalin. So you had him in modern Iraq, a regime in our own time, that was openly, directly modelled upon the two most extreme examples of European totalitarianism.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Party, Two, Iraq

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• When I was in office I expressed admiration and respect and even affection for Republicans that I knew and liked and cared about, and I tried to find ways to work with them. I think the Democrats should do that, and just keep trying to lower the temperature.

  William J. Clinton

  Thinking, Office, Trying

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I have such an admiration for John [Lennon], like most people.
  But to be the guy who wrote with him, well that's enough. Right
  there you could retire and go, 'Jesus I had a fantastic life. Take me, Lord.'

  Paul McCartney

  Jesus, Fantastic Life, People

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• One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Hope, Fighting, Winning

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• When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Sacrifice, Self, Choices

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• As a singer and songwriter, I have great admiration for many of the budding stars who come to try their hand at performing and can relate to the hopes and aspirations of all the contestants, no matter how good or bad.

  LeAnn Rimes

  Stars, Hands, Trying

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• Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.

  William Blake

  Firsts, Principles, Lasts

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.2, Pearson Education

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• Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

  Mason Cooley

  Giving, Narcissism, Indifference

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• How few there are who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world, and distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind.

  Richard Steele

  World, Action, Mankind

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). “The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes”, p.136

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• The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the one hand, there are expressions of admiration for the reportedly virgin mother of Jesus, but other portions of scripture speak quite accommodatingly of polygamy.

  Steve Allen

  Mother, Jesus, Sex

  Steve Allen (2001). “Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio : Raising the Standards of Popular Culture”

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• The reason why the simpler sort are moved with authority, is the consciousness of their own ignorance; whereby it cometh to pass that having learned men in admiration, they rather fear to dislike them than know wherefore they should allow and follow their judgments. Contrariwise with them that are skilful authority is much more strong and forcible; because they only are able to discern how just cause there is why to some men's authority so much should be attributed.

  Richard Hooker

  Strong, Ignorance, Men

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• My wife would not speak evil of ... anyone ... without cause. Joseph is a liar and not she. That Smith admired and lusted after many men's wives and daughters, is a fact, but they could not help that. They or most of them considered his admiration an insult, and treated him with scorn. In return for this scorn, he generally managed to blacken their reputations - see the case of... Mrs. Pratt, a good, virtuous woman.

  William Law

  Daughter, Liars, Men

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• I've never worked with prosthetics before in that sort of capacity. I did a bit of prosthetic work when I had to give birth in Jude, which is quite a different set of prosthetics. But I had so much admiration for the hair and make-up department and the prosthetics team, who are actually based at Shepperton, and who put together that look for Hanna. I

  Kate Winslet

  Team, Hair, Giving

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.

  Mark Hart

  Love Is, People, Fleeting

  Mark Hart (2013). “Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)”, p.11, Franciscan Media

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• The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Party, Sound, Doe

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• Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Appreciation, Wall, Community

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• His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Country, Holiness

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• With a few exceptions people don't want money. They want luxury and they want love and they want admiration.

  John Steinbeck

  Luxury, People, Want

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.474, Penguin

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• Will you just stand on the foot of a high mountain and look at it with admiration or climb the top and be the admired itself? Remember that anybody can be an admirer; but the difficult thing is to be the admired one!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Feet, Mountain, Looks

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• There are names like Savoy Hotel, Caruso, Shangri-La, Pavlove, Mount Everest and the Treorchy Male Choir that just hang up there as peaks of excellence - perfect things that we simply take for granted as symbols of greatness. So imagine how delighted and honoured I am to join with all the other small peaks in congratulating the Choir of Choirs on its anniversary. In admiration, since I was a boy!

  Ron Moody

  Greatness, Boys, Names

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• For our intellectual spirit has the power of fire in itself. For no other purpose is it sent by God to the earth than that it glow and grow into a flame. When it is excited by admiration, then it grows, just as if the wind entering into a fire excited its potential to actuality. If we apprehend the works of God, we marvel at eternal wisdom.

  Nicholas of Cusa

  Fire, Flames, Wind

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• Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance or clothing, etc.), approval (praise immediately, specifically and repeatedly), and attention (be a good listener).

  Brian Tracy

  Appreciation, Acceptance, People

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• People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.

  Barbara Mertz

  Believe, People, Astonishment

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• Awe consumes any brand that ignites it.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Fame, Ignite, Awe

  Cynthia Ozick (2013). “The Messiah of Stockholm”, p.86, Atlantic Books Ltd

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