177 quotes found
“A Genius always admires the choices of the most Confident Fool!”
“Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset.”
“The last achievement of the serious admirer is to stop immediately putting to work the energies aroused by, filling up the space opened by, what is admired. Thereby talented admirers give themselve...”
“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most gracefu...”
“Children are lovable and adorable.”
“At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real hold the objects of the natural world amid which we live can gain on our hearts and minds? We go...”
“Society does not judge those it admires, they are deified. Yet it so eagerly burn those it fails to understand”
“She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.”
“Women fancy admiration means more than it does.”
“And yet now and then he let himself steal a glance at her. Lovely dark colors of her skin, hair, and eyes. We are half-baked compared to them. Allowed out of the kiln before we were fully done. The...”
“He squinted at her. He recalled the tears in her eyes that had not fallen into her teacup. No, it wasnt a revelation. Not even to him. Yet, this was the same woman who had stolen a camel right out ...”
“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”
“Enraged is the wrong word, but I felt like I wanted to kick you in the shins and then make you banana bread. I wanted to key your car and take you out for dim sum. It was admiration, passion and th...”
“She lacks the core of sureness, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on reflections of herself in others' eyes. She does not dare to be herself.”
“Viktor was swinging a leather duffle and wearing a black Adidas tracksuit and his favorite brown UGG slippers with a hole in the toe."Worn and old, just like Viv," he'd say when Frankie made fun of...”
“Love is an admiration that comes with patience. Lust is an admiration that comes with impatience. In all, admiration is common but patience is not!”
“I watched as he raised his hand to run a finger down my nose to my lips, then traced my mouth.The feather-light touch made me shiver. "What are you doing?""I'm drawing you, so that I'll have you in...”
“Appreciate the creation, respect the creator of it, and admire the source of all creativity.”
“Your ADMIRERS make you STRONG and courageous. Your DETRACTORS make you SUCCESSFUL.”
“Each person you admire is simply a reminder of your own latent excellence, your own unacknowledged beauty.”