quotations about admiration
Admiration is another way we pray. Through the act of admiration, you are in a state of prayer. Now I speak of true admiration, and not envy.
PRECIOSA S. SOLIVEN
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"30th EDSA still awaits revolution in the inner life of Filipinos", PhilStar Global, February 25, 2016
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Heaping such admiration and trust on people in power helps sustain a fantasy that those who look after us are all-knowing, or believing that being close to great people helps us feel better about ourselves.
NAOMI SHRAGAI
"How not to worship your boss", Financial Times, July 26, 2016
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Humble bragging, or displaying false modesty, has been around for as long as people have wanted others to admire them (basically forever) because above all we are social animals.
JOSHUA MUNCHOW
"Why The Manufacture Royale 1770 Voltige Has No Need To 'Humble Brag'", Quill & Pad, January 27, 2016
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To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.
CHARLES HORTON COOLEY
Human Nature and the Social Order
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In social media, admiration is easy to come by and it's everywhere. How else can you express your approval of another as clearly and as simply as a Like on Facebook? If giving likes is approval, then getting likes is being approved of. And since getting likes is essential for the successful social media user, our online selves become dependent on external approval.
MICHAEL JASCZ
"The Me, Me, Me of Social Media Might Make You End Up Alone, Alone, Alone", Huffington Post, July 1, 2015
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No nobler feeling than this of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the breast of man.
THOMAS CARLYLE
Sartor Resartus; Heroes and Hero Worship
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You always admire what you really don't understand.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Meet the Press, Sep. 16, 1956
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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
ALEXANDER POPE
"An Essay on Criticism"
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Often, we imagine two paths: admiration and envy. Admiration is seen as a noble sentiment--we admire people for admiring others, detecting, in their admiration, a suggestion of taste and humility. Envy, by contrast, is thought to be inherently bad.
MARIA KONNIKOVA
"Can Envy Be Good For You?", The New Yorker, August 10, 2015
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
F. H. BRADLEY
Aphorisms
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The easiest way to get admiration is through a great referral, because you get the credit for the experience the other person has.
JOSH WAGNER
"The Sharing Economy", Chiropractic Economics, February 24, 2016
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The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone you love and admire.
ASPEN MATIS
"Trust Thyself: What Girl in the Woods Author Aspen Matis Found on the Trail to Independence", Huffington Post, September 22, 2015
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Just as those who love wish for that love to be reciprocated, those who admire wish to be admired in return.
PAUL HUDSON
"Why You Should Date Someone You Admire, Not Just Someone You Love", Elite Daily, June 25, 2016
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