Quotes About Admiration

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The difference between me and them, they constantly look up to each other; I look up to legends. -MillYentei

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

Our desire to achieve does not happen in isolation. We seek an audience. When the audience refuses to cheer for us, we work hard until they admire us. We validate ourselves, like Satyavati, through the Other. The Other is the parent whose attention we crave.

As he read the long narrative poem, Lewis was struck by two qualities in particular. He admired the realism of Tolkien's sub-created world, the depth and detail of Middle-earth. He also praised the mythical value of the story, the way the events were good in themselves and yet also suggested deeper layers of meaning to the reader. But

One never notices how nice it is to be worshipped until one has fallen from grace,

Compliments linger.

And I'll wager you thought him the handsomest thing that ever you saw in your life." "I did. And if you stuck him, and stuffed him, and hung him on the wall, I'd be very glad to admire him. But in life he's an arrogant pig, and I didn't care for him at all. 'Mind who you look at, wench.' Foo!

The desire we so often hear expressed today for "episcopal figures," "priestly men," "authoritative personalities" springs frequently enough from a spiritually sick need for the admiration of men, for the establishment of visible human authority, because the genuine authority of service appears to be so unimpressive.

When we love somebody, whether it be a friend, a parent, a child, whether it be conjugal love or neighborly love, the beloved person always stands before us as something precious and noble in himself.

La urma urmei, îmi spuneam, care este manifestarea suprem? a gloriei? Numai asta: când cineva trece pe strad? È™i lumea se întoarce È™i È™opteÈ™te: ai v?zut? el e! Cam asta e tot, nimic mai mult, grozav? satisfacÈ›ie, n-am ce zice.

In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

Stravinsky is one of the greatest composers of our time and I truly love many of his works. (...) The marvellous composer has invariably been at the centre of my attention, and I not only studied and listened to his music, but I played it and made my own transcriptions as well.

What galls me is that these sadists always have fans and followers-- and sincere ones at that. The typical example of this is Toscanini.

An interesting note to this is, how a movie star projected onto the big screen is instantly adored and revered. This phenomenon works in reverse. Those who are held in high esteem are given gigantic proportions. Those who are given gigantic proportions are held in high esteem.

My parents are pretty cool people.

It took him years to realize it was the flirtation and admiration he craved, not the actual conquest.

Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in and played on a couple of his demos. I didn't charge him a dime for it. I was on cloud nine to be working in the same room as Ray Charles, one of my huge idols.

The hours, the dedication, the obsessiveness that must have been required to do this was breathtaking. Staggering. But you walked away not so much with admiration for the artist as concern for her mental health.

Malone no es un gran admirador de Dios, e imagina que el sentimiento es mutuo. Le gustaría hacerle un montón de preguntas; pero, si alguna vez estuvieran en la misma habitación, Dios probablemente cerraría la boca, contrataría a un abogado y permitiría que fuera su hijo quien acabara en la silla eléctrica.

Woody Pines is the best band I ever heard in my life I swear. I'm their biggest fan now!

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.