When the chopper would praise a pine, he will commonly tell you that the one he cut was so big that a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
“So please forgive my self-loathing. Help me to praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Those who trust in God knows what it is to be happy. to praise God in our lives means all we do… — Gloria Lamisi Copy Share Image
After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile of satisfaction; a gastronome, burping into his napkin, praises the food in a magazine;… — William Safire Copy Share Image
“I remember on one of my many visits with Thomas A. Edison , I brought up the question of Ingersoll . I… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I heard all these birds singing and singing so loud and so cheerful. Little birds were chirping and chirping. Big birds were… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Our receptivity to praise stands in no relationship to our vulnerability to mean disdain and spiteful abuse. No matter how stupid such… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Let me thus praise You in the way You love best: by shining on those around me. Let me preach You without… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn… — Jan Hus Copy Share Image
Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
No politician can praise unemployment or inflation, and there is no way of combining high employment with stable prices that does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of… — al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr Copy Share Image
Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of… — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
“Wealth earned may disappear, beauty will fade, honor may recede and fame diminish; all that shall remain, is a soul that is… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
I simply define glory as the beauty of God unveiled. Glory is the resplendent radiance of His power and His personality. Glory… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
“I am far from a perfect dad. And I always will be. But I’m a damn good dad, and my son will… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“Good night, captain, my lord,' he said. 'You took the chance, sir.' 'Did I so?' said Faramir. Yes sir, and showed your… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
How I feel about and behave toward myself is the basic determinant of most of my behavior. If I improve my self-regard,… — William Schutz Copy Share Image
Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“Dads. It’s time to show our sons how to properly treat a woman. It’s time to show our daughters how a girl… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
He that is ambitious for his son, should give him untried names, For those have serv'd other men, haply may injure by… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“But sometimes, I have a great longing to hear something different from praise, for my soul sickens of too sweet a diet.… — John Beevers Copy Share Image
Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you… — Warsan Shire Copy Share Image
Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
Father, show me how to praise Thee When I seek Thy courts to-day; Guide me by Thy love, and raise me --… — Sarah Doudney Copy Share Image
I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
I do not believe that God intended the study of theology to be dry and boring. Theology is the study of God… — Wayne Grudem Copy Share Image
Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree,… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
I'm not saying Brad Stevens should not be getting praise for the job that he's done, because I feel like he's done… — Robert Parish Copy Share Image
In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Many are the noble words in which poets speak concerning the actions of men; but like yourself when speaking about Homer, they… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is not a gathering of 'escapees' from the world, bitterly enjoying their escape, feeding their hate for the world. Listen to… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image