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Quotes About Admiration

Eu leio antropofagicamente: quero devorar aquele que escreveu
~ Rubem Alves
They rise to their feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid.
~ Rudyard Kipling
I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.
~ Rumer Godden
I have respect for beer.
~ Russell Crowe
A thorough survey of Randolph's reading defeats such an effort. The Virginian had, certainly, a lively interest in the writers of his day, but his admiration for the Romantics was strictly qualified, as his correspondence with Francis Walker Gilmer, Brockenbrough, Francis Scott Key, and Josiah Quincy shows.
~ Russell Kirk
People had a wonderful feeling with him of being in the presence of a great man.'[
~ Russell Miller
I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?
~ Ruth Hurmence Green
Nat King Cole - I listen to him a lot.
~ Ry Cooder
I love you, he murmured against her neck before lifting his head slowly to look deep into her eyes. That love was open and clear for the entire world to see. "There are no words for how much I love you, Thea Quinn.
~ S. Young
Kira watched them talk and noticed how they quickly fell into the easy give-and-take of Starfleet-trained information exchange. It was a skill she had always admired in Sisko, Jadzia, O'Brien, and Julian, but hadn't imagined it extended to all Starfleet officers, even former ones like Ro. Klingons don't do this, she mused. Or the Romulans or the Cardassians. They have their own methods, their own martial cultures, but nothing that can compete with this. Ro
~ S.D. Perry
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
~ Saadi
Ben dünyada bu kadar güzel gülen, güldü?ü zaman bu kadar güzel olan insan görmedim.
~ Sabahattin Ali
Küçük resim öyle gözümü yumup bakacak gibi fena de?ildi. Sen en fena resimde bile güzelsin Aliye. Sen her zaman herkesten güzelsin.
~ Sabahattin Ali
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
~ Sacha Guitry
Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration?
~ Marcus Aurelius
Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration? Does gold, or ivory, or purple? A lyre or a dagger, a rosebud or a sapling?
~ Marcus Aurelius
Is an emerald suddenly flawed if no one admires it?
~ Marcus Aurelius
Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of all those applauding hands. The people who praise us- how capricious they all are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region in which it all takes place. The whole earth a point in space- and most of it uninhabited. How many people there will be to admire you, and who they are.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Wherein Antoninus recordeth, What and of whom, whether Parents, Friends, or Masters; by their good examples, or good advice and counsel, he had learned:
~ Marcus Aurelius
Does anything genuinely beautiful need supplementing? No more than justice does—or truth, or kindness, or humility. Are any of those improved by being praised? Or damaged by contempt? Is an emerald suddenly flawed if no one admires it? Or gold, or ivory, or purple? Lyres? Knives? Flowers? Bushes? 21.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Beautiful things are beautiful in themselves. They are not beautiful because they are admired. Praise adds nothing to beauty, and scorn can't detract from it. Just think of the things that are considered beautiful by the vulgar.
~ Marcus Aurelius
18. The way people behave. They refuse to admire their contemporaries, the people whose lives they share. No, but to be admired by Posterity—people they've never met and never will—that's what they set their hearts on. You might as well be upset at not being a hero to your great-grandfather.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Everything which is in any way beautiful is beautiful in itself, and terminates in itself, not having praise as part of itself.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Cuando desees alegrar tu corazón, ponte a considerar la ventajosa superioridad de tus compañeros, por ejemplo, la laboriosidad de éste, la circunspección de aquél, la liberalidad de uno y cualquier prerrogativa de otro. Nada nos deleita tanto como los ejemplos de las virtudes que resplandecen en la conducta de los compañeros y nos entran por los ojos como apiñadas en tropel.
~ Marcus Aurelius