Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure. — John Ruskin
The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also… — Jack Kornfield
Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen… — Jack Canfield
No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the… — Joyce Cary
Praise the child, and you make love to the mother. — William Cobbett
That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises… — Minna Antrim
All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man… — Bess Myerson
When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person. — Red Barber
It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech. — Dan S Kennedy
There's nothing worse than someone coming up to me and going Oh God, I really love your hair. — Gavin Rossdale
I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. — Elia Kazan
You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the… — Wumen Huikai
Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence. — Stephen Baldwin
Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children. — Patricia Hill Collins
I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in… — Lee Child
Be all of you subject one to another having your conduct blameless among the Gentiles, that you may both receive praise for your good works,… — Polycarp
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with… — Eric Jerome Dickey
For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing. — Carmen Electra
When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless. — Sigmund Freud
We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sing your praise of progress and the doom machine, the naked truth is still taboo whenever it can be seen. — Bob Dylan
Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas. — Phil Donahue
But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality. — John T. Flynn
It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going… — Victor Garber
I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is very important for… — Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

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