Pastoral Resources

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.

We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It seemed like an interesting idea to go right back 100 years to find the source of some new ideas now.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

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.

Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

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

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.

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