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Praise Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about.
- People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
- The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.
- The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
- We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not…
- When you are happy, so happy you have no sense of needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His claims upon you…
- But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment,…
- The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every distinction a distinction…
- Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.
More Praise Quotes
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for… — Marcus Aurelius
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila