“When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.” EnoughWantedSchoolBeautifulBe GoodAdmirable Author:Diane Lane
“To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the landscape painter in his line as in the other departments of art.” ArtBeautifulLinesArt IsPainterLandscapeDepartmentSelectAdmirable Author:J. M. W. Turner
“The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series of beautiful ideas and admirable maxims which pose before us like the battalions of a celestial army. . . . The soul can never go astray while it has this book for its guide.” LifeBookIdeasSoulBeautifulFoundArmySeriesGuidesMaximsAdmirableCelestial Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.” BeautifulLinesSituationMediaSongwritingAdmirableUnderdog Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Whatever you believe to be true and false, that proclaim to be true and false; whatever you think admirable and beautiful, that should be your model, even if all your friends and all the critics storm at you as a crotchet-monger and an eccentric.” IfsThinkingShouldBelieveBeautifulModelsCriticsStormBeing TrueAdmirableEccentricTrue And False Book:The Principles of Success in Literature Source: The Principles of Success in Literature
“How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of His executioners. They report the facts without a single reflection. They comment neither on their Master's mildness when He was smitten, nor on His constancy in the hour of His ignominious death, which they thus describe: "And they crucified Jesus.” FactsBeautifulJesusSpeakChristHoursEnemyJudgingMastersReflectionBibleJesus ChristSimplicityReportsCommentAdmirableConstancyExecutionersEvangelistsSmittenMildness Author:Jean Racine