Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king. They not only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are… — Michael Card Copy Share Image
What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another's prejudices with a hospitality… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
About three in the morning as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Still I made one excuse after another, and Jesus would answer, 'Go, and I will be with you'... Then Jesus said again,… — Maria Woodworth-Etter Copy Share Image
Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
People are strange.If you praise someone they think you must have your own mean in this.If you don't praise,they call you jealous.If… — Nasir Ali Copy Share Image
But prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“God did not bring you into the world because He had any need of you, useless as you are; but solely that… — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Art is sexless; - good work is eternal, no matter whether it is man or woman who has accomplished it. ... Ah,… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten… — Gerald Early Copy Share Image
Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Education Secretary Arne Duncan spurned the opportunity to condemn thousands of Wisconsin public school teachers for lying about being 'sick' and shutting… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for most of them, because they be so common, we forget to pay our praises. But let… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in… — B. B. Warfield Copy Share Image
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Justify my soul, O God, but also from Your fountains fill my will with fire. Shine in my mind, although perhaps this… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
New England clam chowder, made as it should be, is a dish to preach about, to chant praises and sing hymns and… — Joseph C. Lincoln Copy Share Image
The enormous dynamic and creative, as well as destructive energy of capitalism... is written up with more praise and more respect by… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
“When I visited George Bernard Shaw , in 1948, at his home in Aylot, a suburb of London, he was extremely anxious… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4).… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“Praise the world to the angel, not what can’t be talked about. You can’t impress him with your grand emotions. In the… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I hymn and bless Your uncountable compassion and philanthropy, as You desired to number me with Your chosen servants. Look down, now,… — Marina of Aguas Santas Copy Share Image
How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of… — Andre Comte-Sponville Copy Share Image
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image