In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole. — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence.” — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like… — Charles R. Schwab Copy Share Image
Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person. — Red Barber Copy Share Image
The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
There’s a piece of lead where my heart should beat Doctor said too dangerous to take out You’d better just leave it… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology. — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Dads. It’s time to tell our kids that we love them. Constantly. It’s time to show our kids that we love them.… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreams, Lover of loneliness, and wandering, Of upcast eye, and tender pondering! Thee must I praise… — John Keats Copy Share Image
The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image