In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. Tyrion smiled. Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Let me say that the credit belongs to the boys in the back rooms. It isn't the man who sits in the… — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook Copy Share Image
“In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you'll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness… — Matthew Lee Anderson Copy Share Image
Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The Psalms offer us a way of joining in a chorus of praise and prayer that has been going on for millennia… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
We all have our flaws but don't get it twisted an deny anyone's praise for The Lord God Almighty!!! Whoever has no… — Larry J Cowell Copy Share Image
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious,… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Even with the very best of intentions, even with the ambition of making the world a better place, when we cast judgment… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you;… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise. — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Sith Nature thus gave her the praise, To be the chiefest work she wrought, In faith, methink, some better ways On your… — Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Copy Share Image
Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for… — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I Think our lives were strategically planned by God. Nothing has happened to you that God did not know about or allow.… — Lisa Copy Share Image
“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!- The Poets, who on earth have made… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we praise because we choose to; other times we praise because we want to. Occasionally we praise because we have to—because,… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I doubted my creative spirit three years ago and God showed me a way to praise Him through song. It opened the… — Jonathan Cain Copy Share Image
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Because he hates to praise by name He praises everybody. Vice And virtue must look much the same To one who calls… — Martial Copy Share Image
In Europe, more than in the United States, worldly people, faced with my Indian skin, reflexively laud my 'ancient,' 'beautiful' origins, which… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for… — Chuck Smith Copy Share Image
If you've got just a little bit of faith as a grain of mustard seed, and begin to praise God - that… — Jack Coe Copy Share Image
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“If we want to get into the city of Salvation, if we want to get into the presence of God, if we… — Derek Prince Copy Share Image
Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Lord, as you awaken us to delight in your praise, grant that we may know you, call on you, and praise you;… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
No research will answer all queries that the future may raise. It is wiser to praise the work for what it has… — Theobald Smith Copy Share Image
Praise the Lord, my soul, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The… — David Copy Share Image
