Praise is God's sunlight in the heart. It destroys sin germs. It ripens the fruits of the Spirit. It is the oil… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see,… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I don't need to praise anything so justly famous as Frost's observation of and empathy with everything in Nature from a hornet… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay, and present praise. Lord Burleigh… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise. They now commingle with… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation. — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise. — Jim Bakker Copy Share Image
Praise is the 'breath' which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are… — Michael Card Copy Share Image
If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life. If you want to conquer anger, develop… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
Any writer who could handle all these different voices would deserve high praise, but to do so without any sense of jarring… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Some politicians are scared of Putin and some are extremely apologetic, actually. And I feel very sorry for this because some people… — Ilya Ponomarev Copy Share Image
I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I admire anyone who puts their head down and works for what they want. And I know women who do that daily,… — Jalen Hurts Copy Share Image
The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. — John Brown Copy Share Image
I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq; most surely my Lord is the Hearer of… — Quran Copy Share Image
With tears running down her face, Cecily had reminded him of the moment at her wedding to Gabriel when he had delivered… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
