Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is… — James Whistler
Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet, heart-felt praise to God… — Ellen G. White
I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never… — Ellen G. White
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. — Oprah Winfrey
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. — John Wooden
Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science! — Steve Wozniak
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe… — Martin Yan
False praise is worse than no praise. — Felix Dennis
Celebrate your child's achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don't worry that you're throwing away a… — Niecy Nash
Each in the most hidden sack kept the lost jewels of memory, intense love, secret nights and permanent kisses, the fragment of public or private… — Pablo Neruda
And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its… — Donald Miller
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I've learned… — Anthony Burgess
After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors… — Jasper Fforde
Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. — Wendell Berry
in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides: Praise to life though it crumbled in like a tunnel… — Adrienne Rich
Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there… — Andy Rooney
Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is… — Michael Crichton
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world. — W. Somerset Maugham
Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that… — Jane Austen
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example. — John Ruskin
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n… — Francis Scott Key
I'n'I nah come to fight flesh and blood, But spiritual wickedness in 'igh and low places. So while they fight you down, Stand firm and… — Bob Marley
When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive presence, inevitably you… — Stanley Kunitz

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