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Quotes About Admiration

He wanted to be a man she admired. The way he admired her. He wanted her to think of him as brave. He wanted to be better because of her, and for her. He was better because of her. She'd changed him irrevocably.
~ Julie Anne Long
They regarded each other somberly, making internal adjustments to accommodate the mere glorious fact of each other.
~ Julie Anne Long
She turned to him as though he were the sun and she a sunflower.
~ Julie Anne Long
Any man who lives by his beliefs is to be admired, not mocked.
~ Julie Garwood
She sat down at the table and spent a good hour talking about her husband. She told Judith how they'd met, how he relentlessly pursued her, and finished by mentioning just a hundred or two of his special qualities. The only thing the man wasn't capable of was walking on water… yet. Judith made that comment when her friend paused for breath.
~ Julie Garwood
Love and honor, treasures above value
~ Julie Garwood
Looking back over the many horrific decades after Cixi's demise, one cannot but admire this amazing stateswoman, flawed though she was.
~ Jung Chang
May God keep us from benign admiration of Jesus rather than true love and adoration for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
~ Justin Taylor
It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him.
~ Karen Blixen
I must admit that I never expected to find such beauty here. His gaze raked her again. It quite takes my breath away. Sophia quirked a brow. He didn't look breathless. He looked calm and collected-a bit predatory, perhaps, but nothing to suggest that her appearance had been anything more than a pleasant surprise.
~ Karen Hawkins
You,my lord, are giving me goose bumps. Every beautiful woman deserves to be clothed in no less.
~ Karen Hawkins
I'd no particular ambitions beyond being either widely admired or stealthily influential—I was torn between the two.
~ Karen Joy Fowler
I admired her choices though I wouldn't have made them.
~ Karen Joy Fowler
A PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS A SOURCE OF TERROR. —Carl Jung
~ Karin Slaughter
When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.
~ Karl Lagerfeld
Best always to praise rather than criticize.
~ Kate Atkinson
If he hadn't been the father of her children, Viola might have admired Dominic for the way he was so easily able to absolve himself of all obligation simply by asserting his right to self-fulfilment.
~ Kate Atkinson
I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.
~ Illeana Douglas
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.
~ J. Courtney Sullivan
Peter Norman's a man's man.
~ John Carlos
I get to my feet when Chelsea fans sing 'Stand up if you hate Man U'. But though I hate them, I have to admire them too.
~ Ken Bates
Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.
~ Krista Allen
I'm not a feminist. I hail men, I love men.
~ Lady G
If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero