Praise Quotes · Page 54

“i've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]

— George Herbert

“How many things by season season'd are, To their right praise and true perfection!”

— William Shakespeare

Praise is the Rehearsal of Our eternal Song By Grace We learn to Sing, and in Glory We Continue to Sing.

— Charles Spurgeon

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

— John Berryman

When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.

— John Lancaster Spalding

I praise God. Difficult moment, I seek God. Painful moment, I trust God. Every moment, I THANK GOD.

— Anonymous

When you do something you are proud of, praise yourself for it.

— Mildred Newman

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle,…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!…

— Robert J. Morgan

There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.

— Henry Ward Beecher

We will use the actions of others to decide on proper behavior for ourselves, especially when we view those others as similar…

— Robert Cialdini

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people…

— Mark Galli

it is usually in better taste to praise an isolated action or a production of genius, than a man's character as a…

— Elizabeth Wordsworth

The judges are fun because they bring different personalities. And it's also really exciting to work really hard all week and then…

— Lindsay Arnold

“The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out. I have read like a man on…

— Pat Conroy

“Though he slay me, yet I will praise him," he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. "I will rise…

— Jennifer Freitag

When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose…

— Michael Ventura

These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust.…

— Patricia Hampl

Lady, the sun's light to our eyes is dear, And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea, And flowery earth in May,…

— Euripides

I hope the day will come when a wasp-waist and a pair of thin shoulders will not be esteemed beauty: we have…

— Julia McNair Wright

If you start praising your wife, if you start telling her how beautiful she is, and how glad you are to have…

— Joel Osteen

“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate,…

— Marcus Aurelius

When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.

— Sri Chinmoy

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for…

— Jack Butler Yeats

“Remember this phrase: If you complain you remain, but if you’ll praise you’ll be raised. ”

— Joel Osteen

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

— John Wooden

Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises.

— Plutarch

The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise…

— Josh Billings

“Give thanks to the Lord God Almighty. Praise Him with your words and deeds continually.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

Never let too much criticism or too much praise get in your way.

— Leonard Wolf

I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.

— George Saunders

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

— Carol Ryrie Brink

He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.

— Walter Savage Landor

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

— Andre Maurois

“The more you genuinely praise people in your consciousness, the easier it is to tune into your own inner joy.”

— Christopher Dines

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All praise is to Allah, I'll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I'd fight him too.

— Mike Tyson

“-though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise”

— Gabrielle Burton