Quotes about Admiring Someone Secretly – Secret Admirer Quotes

Quotes about Admiring Someone Secretly

  • “Generally, we admire the thing we are not.”
  • “I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.”
  • “The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”
  • “I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”
  • “The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.”
  • “I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.”
  • “Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.”
  • “I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.”
  • “True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.”
  • “I love you with all my life, but its not like you will ever know.”
  • “If you love someone, tell them. For hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.”
  • “It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”
  • “I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It’s an incredible achievement. I couldn’t do it.”
  • “The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.”
  • “To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.”
  • “I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.”
  • “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
  • “I don’t think you should meet the people you most admire. I don’t want reality to interfere with my image.”
  • “Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”
  • “Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.”
  • “There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don’t necessarily want to be like them. I’m too happy being myself.”
  • “When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”
  • “Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.”
  • “Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.”
  • “Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.”
  • “I’ve been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.”
  • “Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.”
  • “Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.”
  • “When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.”
  • “A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”
  • “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
  • “The Church is not an automobile showroom – a place to put ourselves on display so that others can admire our spirituality, capacity, or prosperity. It is more like a service center, where vehicles in need of repair come for maintenance and rehabilitation.”
  • “I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it’s a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let’s own who we are and use it as a strength.”
  • “I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there.”
  • “I admire people’s marriages, and I think it’s a wonderful thing to have, but I don’t think it’s the only way to live. I think there are many ways to live and many ways to establish intimate support in your life that can be from family or friends or great roommates that you like.”

Quotes about Admiring On Success

  • “Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. —Benjamin Franklin
  • “The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. —Carl Sandburg
  • “Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire. —Warren Buffett
  • “We tend to become like those whom we admire. —Thomas S. Monson
  • “Be the mirror in which people admire their true potential. —Ron Kaufman
  • “There’s nothing makes you admire people like seeing yourself in them. —Eleanor Hibbert
  • “I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others. —Sidney Sheldon
  • “We can admire what we see, but we can only love what we truly know. —Tyga
  • “Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life. —Yoko Ono
  • “Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness. —Horace
  • “To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. —Theophile Gautier
  • “Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self. —Gretchen Rubin
  • “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. —Charles Kuralt
  • “I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed. —Martha Stewart
  • “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. —Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. —Jane Austen
  • “Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. —Dale Carnegie
  • “He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter. —John Burroughs
  • “Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false. —Kabir
  • “When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. —Mahatma Gandhi
  • “Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity. —Mark Hyman
  • “The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • “All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits. —Rudy Giuliani
  • “To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them; and to cultivate admiration, you must be among beautiful things and looking at them. —John Ruskin
  • “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
  • “A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others; but finds it difficult not to admire even where he does not approve. —Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • “Sometimes when you’re treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe. —Michael Jackson
  • “Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman’s make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else. —Monica Bellucci
  • “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
  • “Your self-esteem won’t come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you. —Stacy London
  • “My mum’s amazing. She’s the person I admire most, I think, in her sacrifice to me and my sister and her level of emotional sacrifice to people around her. She takes a high level of personal responsibility for the welfare of people around her. —Jon Richardson
  • “You can admire people for sure, and they’re worth admiring, but you need to find that special thing about yourself. It takes working hard, getting the technique, and learning to sing and all that stuff, but the master class is about bringing yourself to the role. —Susan Egan
  • “Grace is what matters in anything – especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That’s a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive. —Jeff Buckley
  • “The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage. —John Muir
  • “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it. —Mother Teresa

Secret Admirer Quotes and Sayings

  • We can admire what we see, but we can only love what we truly know. —Tyga
  • You always admire what you really don’t understand. —Blaise Pascal
  • Everybody admires a go-getter if he is tactful. —Earl Tupper
  • The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. —Carl Sandburg
  • A hero is someone we can admire without apology. —Kitty Kelley
  • Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire. —Warren Buffett
  • Be the mirror in which people admire their true potential. —Ron Kaufman
  • It’s easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire. —Frank Herbert
  • We tend to become like those whom we admire. —Thomas S. Monson
  • He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob. —William Makepeace Thackeray
  • There’s nothing makes you admire people like seeing yourself in them. —Eleanor Hibbert
  • You can’t ever be really free if you admire somebody too much. —Tove Jansson
  • A fool can always find a greater fool who admires him. —Nicolas Boileau
  • Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough. —Vincent Van Gogh
  • The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience. —Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever. —Pablo Casals
  • All of us admire people we don’t like and like people we don’t admire. —Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life. —Yoko Ono
  • Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you’d admire. —Allegra Huston
  • We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job. —William Feather
  • The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness. —F. H. Bradley
  • The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. —Eleanor Roosevelt
  • It’s great to admire other people’s fashion choices, but I don’t think you should idolise anyone. —Cat Deeley
  • Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane. —John Milton
  • Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they’re after an image, not a person. —Scott Lynch
  • If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire. —Irvin D. Yalom
  • You can love a woman. To admire her is hard. You are not dealing with something important. —Henri Michaux
  • Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self. —Gretchen Rubin
  • We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish. —Mary Russell Mitford
  • Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph. —George Bernard Shaw
  • What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire. —Blaise Pascal
  • To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. —Theophile Gautier
  • It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves. —James Russell Lowell
  • We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire. —Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  • Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain. —Dave Pelzer
  • Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • People don’t admire you for what you hate, they admire you for what you do about it, and your slacks. —Greg Behrendt
  • We shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God. —C S Lewis
  • Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false. —Kabir
  • We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word ‘admire’ then means ‘marvel at.’ –B. F. Skinner
  • Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels, but they live like men. —Samuel Johnson
  • Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from. —Mandy Moore
  • The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us. —Sydney J. Harris
  • Nature’s beauty we all admire in every shape and form, but how much more we admire her when the weather’s nice and warm. —Janet Hargreaves
  • All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits. —Rudy Giuliani
  • A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others; but finds it difficult not to admire even where he does not approve. —Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves. —Quintilian
  • Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly. —William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Sometimes when you’re treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe. —Michael Jackson
  • You can admire people for sure, and they’re worth admiring, but you need to find that special thing about yourself. It takes working hard, getting the technique, and learning to sing and all that stuff, but the master class is about bringing yourself to the role. —Susan Egan