Quotes about Admiration

I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

Your skill can never buy you love. It may win you admiration and envy, but never love. If that was what you were after, you have wasted your time.

When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.

When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.

Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.