Praise Quotes · Page 25

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, whjle others judge us by what we have already done.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If someone praises you with what you are not, they are in essence criticizing you of a deficiency in you.

— Wahb ibn Munabbih

What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

— Jane Austen

“Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.”

— Allan Lokos

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

— Anonymous

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

— Richard E. Byrd

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

— Walter Savage Landor

The praise of injudicious friends frequently fosters bad mannerisms.

— Elisabeth Marbury

The vulgar and common esteem is seldom happy in hitting right; and I am much mistaken if, amongst the writings of my…

— Michel de Montaigne

For 2,500 years, people have been writing odes. Why? I think that there's something innately human in wanting to praise the world…

— Barbara Hamby

“We're quick to think of people as snobs, little realizing that perhaps they suffer from the same insecurities that we do.”

— Ken Puddicombe

I started singing when I was younger in church, took some time off, then came back and sang as an adult on…

— Porsha Williams

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time…

— Charles Spurgeon

“God, I love You for making me suffer like this. It is Your will. You know the best for me. And I…

— David Jeremiah

Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is,…

— Steve Martin

“If God knows what I’m going to say before I say it, His knowledge, rather than limiting my prayer, enhances the beauty…

— R.C. Sproul

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head,…

— Jasper Fforde

The waves get high, they get low. It's been a wonderful journey, every bit of it, and that's from every praise to…

— Brent Musburger

In I Praise My Destroyer, Diane Ackerman demonstrates once again her love for the specific language that rises from the juncture of…

— Pattiann Rogers

Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since…

— John Calvin

Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people.…

— Raymond Chandler

I absolutely cannot see how one can later make up for having failed to go to a good school at the proper…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“When I do leap into the pit, I go headlong with my heels up, and am pleased to be falling in that…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is…

— Charles Caleb Colton

All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates

— Amit Abraham

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

— Horace Mann

For the first rate poet, nothing short of a Queen or a Chimera is adequate for the powers of his praise.

— Wyndham Lewis

What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary.

— David Hume

True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best.

— Emanuel Geibel

We tend to judge people for the bad things they do unwillingly over the good things they do willingly.

— Derek Queen

We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give.

— Ovid

The refusal of praise often proceeds from a desire to have it repeated.

— Vikrant Parsai

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.

— Taliesin

It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives.

— Nick Willing

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

— Alex Haley

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

— Bobby Jones

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

— William Shakespeare

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“And if I please you so, my lover, Remember praise is comely.”

— Countee Cullen

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of…

— Arthur Guiterman