Praise Quotes · Page 50

“You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.”

— Dennis Prager

“I thought of writing a summary about you, but when I finished it was a book.”

— Amit Kalantri

You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

— Evan Esar

We blossom under praise like flowers in sun and dew; we open, we reach, we grow.

— Gerhard E Frost

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

— Moliere

The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.

— C. S. Lewis

“I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“If you want a new life, first give praise for having the old one!”

— Stephen Richards

Goal setting is the essence of life. Tenaciously pursue your goals not for external praise but for inner reward. It makes you…

— Bob Proctor

Funny how the world always praises its opera-singers so much and pays 'em so well and then starves its shoemakers, and yet…

— Sinclair Lewis

There is no moral to my song, I praise no right, I blame no wrong; I tell of things that I have…

— Thomas MacDonagh

“As Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen point out in their book Thanks for the Feedback, we judge ourselves by our intentions, while…

— Christine Porath

I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't…

— Carl Paladino

I want to congratulate again Mike Dean. I think his performance was unbelievable and I think when referees have unbelievable performances, I…

— Jose Mourinho

“Be sure that your praise songs are numbered higher than your sorrowful dirges and your utmost hope, firmer than your woeful regrets.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise -…

— Sue Kelly

When you're a young writer and you look at people praising a big hefty anthology that has uncovered a long lost genre,…

— John D'Agata

“But I do like Scotland. I like the miserable weather. I like the miserable people, the fatalism, the negativity, the violence that's…

— James Robertson

Stop seeing socialists and anti-Americans as Democrats. When a Michael Moore compares beheaders to our own Minutemen and laments that too many…

— Victor Davis Hanson

That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to…

— Brother Lawrence

“Put it this way: if your idea of God, if your idea of the salvation offered in Christ, is vague or remote,…

— N.T. Wright

I prayed hard and only gradually became aware that this fierce praying was a way of finding prologue and entrance into my…

— Pat Conroy

True love requires action. We can speak of love all day long, we can write notes or poems that proclaim it, sing…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into…

— Marcus Eremita

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain humble.

— Mohanlal

If you do not maintain a reasonable ratio between criticism and praise, BOTH are likely to have negative effects.

— T Jay Taylor

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

— Anonymous

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

— Alexander Pope

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

— Saint Augustine

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.

— C. S. Lewis

I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals…

— Psalm 56:4

“It’s fairly simple. When can we pray? All the time. When should we praise God? Whenever we pray.”

— David Jeremiah

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

— Mardy Grothe

“will bless the LORD at all times;     His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

— Tyndale

Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.

— Rick Warren

“Strength and victory... What he would never praise himself for, but whose loss was his most obsessive fear.”

— Simona Panova

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.

— John Milton

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.

— Swami Vivekananda

“He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll