Rudyard Kipling Quotes

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words.

Like all children, I spent a lot of time looking for idols.

I'm often compared to Alan Rickman. I wish.

When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.

I adored my brother when I was younger, so I wanted to do everything he did.

It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don't care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

My father was not prone to worship, but he worshiped Arthur Sulzberger.

One of the most flattering things is when other people are seeing what you're doing and then replicating that kind of thing.

I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you'd asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I'd admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that'd be a yes, totally. Right down to their hand gestures.

It's really cool to see how many people try to imitate me or wear my stuff. I get a lot of Instagram videos of people doing my entrance. I think that's so cool. To see the variety of people, little girls, guys, doing it. I never really thought that would happen. It's amazing.