#admiration

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." [On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.] ↗

— Winston Churchill

#classic-insult #vice #virtue #leadership

I like to see in every man a respect for virtue even if he, himself, has it not, for it may be that the next step will be so desire it and he that desires to be just is almost so. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#respect

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#decays #familiar #growing #immediately #object

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#admiration #am #been #cnn #company

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#between #contempt #flattery #flows #often

There has also been much love, joy, evidence of admiration, there has never been one without the other. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#also #been #evidence #joy #love

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it. ↗

— Wilford Brimley

#absolutely nothing #admiration #anybody #i #judge

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration. ↗

— Anna Katharine Green

#apparent #artists #awakened #beauty #because

I used to love watching him as a player, so it is a joy to play alongside him. I might take the mickey out of him, but deep down I have so much admiration for him. ↗

— Robbie Keane

#alongside #deep #deep down #down #him

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. ↗

— William Odom

#become #countries #different #different countries #each