Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "A" » admire
«Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.»
«The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.»
Author: Carl Sandburg
(Historian, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Admiration,
Desire,
Happiness
| Keywords:
admire, desiring
«Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty»
Author: Nathaniel Emmons
| About:
Talent
| Keywords:
acknowledge, admire, attainments, clearly, cover, display, modesty, talents, veil, with modesty
«Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.»
«To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind»
«Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.»
Author: Christian Nevell Bovee
| Keywords:
admire, admit, approximate, approximates, characters, close to, criticize, example, follower, followers, golden, Golden Rule, imitate, in private, leaders, pleases, promote, promotes, six, the Action, The characters, The Golden Rule, traits, unconsciously
«The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
admire, critic, generous, poet, with reason
«When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator»
«The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
America and Americans,
Government,
Lies,
Men,
Truth
| Keywords:
admire, American, American people, daring, detest, detested, detesting, detests, extravagantly, liars, The American, The Men, violently
«There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
