I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I am doing what I want to do - painting pictures people want and understand. I have no burning ambition to create… — Arnold Friberg Copy Share Image
I could start this review by stating that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its name, or by calling it stupid, moronic,… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
“They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
...those called by Christ's name should order their lives. They should persevere in prayers and supplications and, in imitation of the angels,… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Praise God for those of you who do homeschool. I can't emphasize enough: Do what you can to get your kids out… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
The burden of all song and praise "unto the Highest" has been that God stands for justice and mercy. Yet injustice among… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Let us always praise His name - in times of joy, in times of tribulation, in times of sorrow, in times of… — Pauline Creeden Copy Share Image
And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise. It was expected of me. It was my first… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
“I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises; sun, moon,… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For Jesus, it is clear, poverty is not the problem; it is the solution. Until human beings learn to live in naked… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
Great is God our Lord, great is His power and there is no end to His wisdom. Praise Him you heavens, glorify… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
...I will praise the English climate till I die—even if I die of the English climate. There is no weather so good… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
“We are here to witness the creation and abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed.… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Oh, oh, oh, oh! On my knees making a plea Lord I'm ready use me, The people in the world need a… — V Rose Copy Share Image
But thou, through good and evil, praise and blame, Wilt not thou love me for myself alone? Yes, thou wilt love me… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“The genius of Laplace was a perfect sledge hammer in bursting purely mathematical obstacles; but, like that useful instrument, it gave neither… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
“The humble man feels no jealousy or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
What happens when we begin to praise our own abilities? And this is not focusing on an inflated ego, but on appreciation… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I think it's a very stark marker of what kind of president we have that, from all available evidence, Donald Trump has… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
Praise, help, or even a look, may be enough to interrupt him, or destroy the activity. It seems a strange thing to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The government of the enlightened king? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be his own doing. His transforming influence… — Burton Watson Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Prayer Father God, there are times when we have felt that things have been taken away and stolen from us by the… — Beth Redman Copy Share Image
Hardly had the glow been kindled by some good deed on your part or by some little triumph over your rivals or… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
