#admiration

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#both #contempt #i #known #lessen

That said, your values will not always be the object of public admiration. In fact, the more you live by your beliefs, the more you will endure the censure of the world. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#always #beliefs #censure #endure #fact

Love is a word that is overused these days, due to other lesser feelings often being mistaken for it. Infatuation, admiration, and attraction can pose as love, and can sometimes overwhelm us and fool us into thinking that we have found the real thing when we haven't. Those other feelings may be pleasant for a time, but they are not real love. Real love is rare. It's something that, quite honestly, I believe very few people ever truly experience. ↗

— Marian Vere

#crush #infatuation #love #real-love #true-love

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#before #character #creed #jesus #our

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#admiration #friends #important #love #more

I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#love #love

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. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#animal #horse #msytical #respect #strength

The guys can't take their eyes off Colleen... one of them... probably sees her just like I do, she's the gatekeeper to another world. ↗

— Ron Koertge

#infatuation #puppy-love #teenage-life #young-adult #life

Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze, and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#adoration #love #lovers #richelle #richelle-goodrich

I admire Shakespeare enormously. But since I can’t be him, I’m glad that his marriage was unhappy and he’s dead. ↗

— Bauvard

#envy #funny #funny