Praise Quotes · Page 32

O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise.

— William Shakespeare

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

— James M. Barrie

But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

— Scott Westerfeld

“Never waste an unsaid word of praise and never praise the said words of anger.”

— Terry Blakeman

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?

— Quentin Crisp

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

— Henry David Thoreau

You can only be the great artist for so long - come out with effort after effort that garners all this praise.

— Black Thought

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

— Rumi

Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense,…

— Elizabeth Chase Allen

In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

If one day I look out from my cabin's porch and see a row of windmills spinning in the distance, I won't…

— David Suzuki

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.

— Etta James

Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules...…

— Anthony Trollope

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in…

— Harry Vardon

Reviewing books is all about coziness. It is all of it a kind of caucus race. Women review women, Jewish writers review…

— Alexander Theroux

Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.

— Leonard Ravenhill

THOUGH you are in your shining days, Voices among the crowd And new friends busy with your praise, Be not unkind or…

— William Butler Yeats

“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there…

— Guideposts

[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but,…

— William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Heavenly Father You are God amazing. You took my sin and rose again. You came to live inside my heart. You wrapped…

— Glen Rambharack

“He will praise you when you shall do well to him,” [96]  but few sing and give thanks to God in the…

— Francisco De Osuna

Any praise I receive does not change me, for I pass it right along to God. I walk because God gives me…

— Peace Pilgrim

Never was I so devout as when I composed The Creation. I knelt down each day to pray to God to give…

— Joseph Haydn

“The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets…

— Bart D. Ehrman

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

— Bertrand Russell

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

— Ambrose Bierce

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

— Francois Fenelon

I love my quiet time with my Savior. Praise the Lord for a country in which we can read God's Word.

— Anonymous

There are a lot of fake people in the industry, they don't always praise or give due.

— Dharmendra

The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events.

— Georges Lefebvre

The best way to give my testimony is to sing songs in praise of Jesus Christ.

— B. J. Thomas

“I think it's easier to know why people do bad things than to understand the true meaning of kind acts.”

— Mesu Andrews

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.

— Dogen

“If we praise God when things are tough, we show our trust in Him.”

— Shirley Corder

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.

— Anonymous

To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise

— Haim Ginott

I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.

— Noel Coward

“The earth is illuminated by the splendour of the Sovereign Lord.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld