Praise Quotes · Page 43

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Let us not question whether God is there; let us praise Him that He is there.”

— Dillon Burroughs

Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.

— Charley Pride

We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

— Walter Savage Landor

I don't see why people can't praise when they see something done well - even if it is by a woman.

— Karen Bardsley

O Yes, I must sing, and so must you sing also. For all music is singing, and in music there is praise…

— Kenneth Leighton

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

— Robert Rinder

Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize,…

— Richard Branson

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name. PSALM…

— Chris Hodges

Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than…

— Marcus Aurelius

We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in…

— Jean Rostand

“The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming…

— Barbara Sher

Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building…

— J.R. Miller

My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God…

— Thomas Merton

We realized that there's a great need in many churches to use the power of the media...There are a lot of different…

— Patricia Mauceri

One name holds weight above them all his fame outlast the earth he formed his praise resounds beyond the stars and echoes…

— Brian Houston

Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from…

— Meister Eckhart

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying…

— Hillary Clinton

“Dads. Do you not realize that your child needs to feel your skin on his? Do you not realize the incredible and…

— Dan Pearce

“people would worry much less about what others thought of them if they realized how seldom they did so.”

— L.S. Hilton

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.

— Hannah More

We are not saved from sin and changed into righteousness for the sake of pride but for the sake of praise.

— John Piper

Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

— Chinua Achebe

Always give God the glory, never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life.

— Nishan Panwar

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

— Anonymous

Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

— Joyce Carol Oates

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.

— Isaac of Nineveh

We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites.

— John Piper

“If you need a handbook for praise and worship, read Psalms.”

— Jim George

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

— St. Jerome

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Praise is something when a person tells you about yourself that you have suspected all along.

— Vikrant Parsai

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

— Studs Terkel

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton