Feeble and timid minds ... consider the use of dilatory and ambiguous measures as the most admirable efforts of consummate prudence.
— Edward Gibbon
Come now, my dear fellow. Expertise is none the less admirable for being of an unsavoury variety.
— Lyndsay Faye
Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
— Blaise Pascal
A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement.
— Henry Theodore Tuckerman
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.
— Jacques Maritain
The charming grass, elegant water, fascinating winds, admirable rocks and delicate sands are never alone.
— Delano Johnson
People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I wantto vomit - and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea — Jean-Paul Sartre
Conformity is not an admirable trait. Conformity is a copout. It threatens self-awareness. It can lead groups to enforce rigid and arbitrary rules.
— Alexandra Robbins
For beauty was her accident, and while admirable, was not a determining factor.
— Algernon Blackwood
I don't mind telling you in confidence that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman [Mussolini].
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
You have to really want to be a Navy SEAL. The passion you need to endure the rigors of training, to become the best of the best ... It's admirable.
— Suzanne Brockmann
My father chose acquiescence and life rather than resistance and death. Not a very admirable choice, but a very human one.
— Bette Greene
Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.
— Mortimer Adler
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. — Sean O'Faolain
Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards. — Martha Stewart
There are so many things admirable people do not understand. — William Stafford
Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of little worth in politics. — Woodrow Wilson
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. — Andre Gide
It is often difficult to admit that someone you love is not perfect, or to consider aspects of a person that are less than admirable. — Lemony Snicket
I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional — Matthew Gray Gubler
Finesse and refinement are admirable qualities, but they are not the artist's ultimate goals; and, indeed, they can stand in the way of those goals. — Sam Inglis
Perfection is an admirable thing to strive for. But so is knowing when to stop. — Richelle Mead
Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People. — William Penn
Be affable.Be adaptable.
Be approachable.
Be admirable. — Matshona Dhliwayo
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. — Delmore Schwartz
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. — Cecil B. DeMille
Admirable is excellent. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable. — Noam Chomsky
A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better. — Nicholaa Spencer
Woman was formed to admire; man to be admirable. His are the glories of the sun at noonday; hers the softened splendors of the midnight moon. — Philip Sidney
In such an admirable position of the New World, man has no other enemy than himself. — Alexis De Tocqueville
But there was something so admirable about her innocence that he would not insult her by tarnishing it. — Eve Edwards
Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement — Michael Josephson
The best companion and helper is admirable morals. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib
