Praise Quotes · Page 53

Nobody wants constructive criticism. It's all we can do to put up with constructive praise.

— Roland de Vaux

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.

— Anonymous

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do…

— Bible

Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.

— Tryon Edwards

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

— Thomas Jefferson

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

— Theodore Roosevelt

When someone compliments you, listen, but don't believe it. Praise or blame are immaterial. You know what you are.

— Frederick Lenz

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

— Roger Ascham

As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them…

— Anonymous

“Cultivate a spirit of joy and praise. Not only will you light up your own heart, but the hearts of those around…

— Loretta Livingstone

I want to inspire people to desire to see the praise that comes from the one and only true God. Above all…

— R. T. Kendall

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich - who can deny it? But when you…

— Marcus Aurelius

I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing…

— Richard Branson

“I wonder if you know how special you are; I wonder if you know how precious you are; I wonder if you…

— Hassan Ali

I have a large number of enthusiastic admirers of my art. And they all sing a hymn in praise from the bottom…

— Yayoi Kusama

Oh, Lord, forgive three sins that are due to my human limitations. Thou art Everywhere, but I worship thee here: Thou art…

— Anonymous

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our…

— Jack Gilbert

Heaven is simply going to be an intensification, amplification, magnification and extension of all the thrills and joys and pleasures of this…

— David Berg

“Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and…

— Scotty Smith

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore…

— John Knox

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

— Glen Rambharack

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

— Joseph Haydn

“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

The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.

— John Dryden

Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.

— Phineas Fletcher

All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can’t.”

— James Patterson

For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.

— Euripides

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

— John Harington

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

— Seneca the Younger

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

— Jean de la Bruyere

We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)

— Anonymous

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You can't know who you are unless you know where you came from and give praise to those who laid the foundation.

— Jabari Parker

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

— John Steinbeck

“Judging is giving too much value on the surface and missing the value beneath”

— Dee Dee Artner

If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.

— Dorothy Nolte

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

— Robert Herrick