Longevity is admirable, particularly in a profession where careers are notoriously short.
His commitment to both his professions is admirable: currently a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, he also holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
"As far as what Dr Carson has done with the Carson scholarships, and his medical profession, it's admirable, his record speaks for itself," Manning said.
The profession of letters was generally admirable, but the idea of my being a writer made her anxious: How would I earn a living?
Our profession has a long and not always admirable history of fostering that confusion.
He said: "There is no profession more noble, no calling more vital, no vocation more admirable than teaching, and this White Paper gives us the opportunity to become the world's leading education nation".
Modeling is a bruising, brutal profession, and the few who succeed are enviable, perhaps, but rarely admirable.
Acting is essentially a look-at-me profession, so taking on one don't-call-attention-to-myself role after another is an admirable career path.
This was a fresh if understandable McIlroy scenario: his ability to embrace life away from his profession, leading to a helpful lack of obsession, is one of the 26-year-old's most admirable traits.
