“The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.”
Jean Cocteau
“When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.”
Joss Whedon
“To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind”
Theophile Gautier
“Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate”
William Arthur Ward
“Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.”
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
Carl Sandburg
“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire”
Dale Carnegie
