I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Ijapokuwa maombi ya sifa yana nguvu kuliko maombi ya kushukuru, kushukuru kuna nguvu kuliko kuomba.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If God made every woman as lovely as you, men wouldn't appreciate beauty as much — Karan Copy Share Image
“Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence.” — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism. — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise. — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment. — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them. — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
To make a perfect horseman, three things are requisite. First, to know how and when to help your horse. Secondly, how and… — Thomas Blundeville Copy Share Image
Society WORSHIPS those that are beautiful and PUTS DOWN those who aren't. If you don't see a problem with this you're a… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Praise is like ambergrease: a little whiff of it, and by snatches, is very agreeable; but when a man holds a whole… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I desire to bless and praise the name of God most high for appointing me my birth in a land of Gospel… — Robert Treat Paine Copy Share Image
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
All there is responds to a word of praise. God responds. We respond. Everything responds. The whole world sparkles, quivers, comes alive.… — James Dillet Freeman Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself forget that God's grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and fall. So… — Hildegard of Bingen 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
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
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
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