In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it. — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules. — Bobby Jones Copy Share Image
We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give. — Ovid Copy Share Image
We tend to judge people for the bad things they do unwillingly over the good things they do willingly. — Derek Queen Copy Share Image
The refusal of praise often proceeds from a desire to have it repeated. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives. — Nick Willing Copy Share Image
I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world. — Taliesin Copy Share Image
What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise.… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
She only praises me if I have done something worthy of praise. I am really happy to have a mum like that,… — Gabriel Jesus Copy Share Image
We shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us". — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
“You’re a dick,” Isobel huffed. “I’m the dick who carries you to bed every night.” “You’re all right, as far as dicks… — Jane Washington Copy Share Image
Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise. — Robert Martin Copy Share Image
Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“With my last breath...may I thank my almighty creator for giving me his breath of life. May my life try to bring… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
The personal deportment of Captain Perry, throughout the day, was worthy of all praise. He did not quit his own vessel when… — Oliver Hazard Perry Copy Share Image
“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there… — Guideposts Copy Share Image
[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but,… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Copy Share Image
I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise, The pain, the calm,… — Rupert Brooke Copy Share Image
THOUGH you are in your shining days, Voices among the crowd And new friends busy with your praise, Be not unkind or… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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