Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel. — John Knox Copy Share Image
Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like the trees of the field that wave in worship according to the rushing wind, so are our souls stirred in worship… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
To be an artist it is not necessary to make a living from our creations. Nor is it necessary to have work… — Jan Phillips Copy Share Image
Vanity is really the least bad and most pardonable sort. The vain person wants praise, applause, admiration too much and is always… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
New England clam chowder, made as it should be, is a dish to preach about, to chant praises and sing hymns and… — Joseph C. Lincoln Copy Share Image
The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually possessed the thought or feeling with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“And so dear church, will you trust God with your whole heart? Will you stop leaning into your own understanding? We cannot… — Cheryl Zelenka Copy Share Image
I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Sith Nature thus gave her the praise, To be the chiefest work she wrought, In faith, methink, some better ways On your… — Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Copy Share Image
“Loving my son, building my son, touching my son, playing with my son, being with my son… these aren’t tasks that only… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
O hasten, Lord, these promised days, When Israel shall rejoice, And Jew and Gentile join in praise, With one united voice! — James Edmeston Copy Share Image
It is my mission as a pilgrim to act as a messenger expressing spiritual truths. It is a task which I accept… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
