Praise Quotes

1794 quotes by 1092 authors

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise. — Russell Page
As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions, and by far… — H. L. Mencken
Let everything in creation draw you to God. Refresh your mind with some innocent recreation and needful rest, if it were only to saunter through… — Paul of the Cross
It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more. — Horace Mann
The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and… — Sathya Sai Baba
So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts — Akkineni Nagarjuna
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. — Thomas Jefferson
The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the greatest show of magnanimity and… — William Hazlitt
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs… — Charles Simmons
A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I… — Og Mandino
Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious… — Charles Caleb Colton
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we… — Annie Dillard
I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. — Studs Terkel
Praise the sea; on shore remain. — John Florio
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation… — John Ciardi
An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. — Walter Savage Landor
Praise is more obtrusive than a reproach. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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