Modern China; one also finds many things that are really quite admirable.
People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
But I was thinking about this, the Obamas want to adopt a stray dog from the pound. And I think that is admirable. I believe the last president to bring a stray dog into the White House got impeached.
In Hinduism we have got an admirable foot-rule to measure every shastra and every rule of conduct, and that is truth.
An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'. There may, for ought I know, be admirable reasons for eating peas with a knife, but. . . early persuasion has made me completely incapable of appreciating them.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
A good, very good, not to say admirable schoolmaster, but then he is only a schoolmaster.
When you stop admiring yourself and let the eyes of the heart open your vision to vast other worlds then all you do, will become admirable
We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.
What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable of acts that are not admirable, and it is He who brought about the Flood. How about the slaying of children in Jericho? There are a few Bible stories that are not as terrible as they are happy. We just prefer to leave out the terrible part, but that only makes the good anemic.
It is not difficult to nourish admirable thoughts when the stars are present.
My characters are actually usually pretty smart and admirable.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.
Don't assume that your personal moral compass, however admirable it may be, will always give you the right answer to complicated questions that require in-depth analysis.
Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue.
I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.
Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.