Admire Quotes

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'

Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

The celebrity body I most admire is Madonna's. She has the most incredible physique - and the woman's in her 50s!

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.

My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That's been a traditional Catholic teaching that God is the combination of opposites.

We live in a funny time. If you don't go corporate, you can't compete. You're relegated as irrelevant. People used to admire that.

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.

Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.

I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them.

It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.