Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the… — Saint Augustine
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear — William Shakespeare
Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of… — Lord Byron
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself. — Dale Carnegie
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends. — Benjamin Franklin
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If… — Max Lucado
I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what was once my… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
You may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then you’re going to be happy, then your’re going to have a good… — Joel Osteen
God never promised that we wouldn’t have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, ‘Be truly glad!...these trials are only to… — Joel Osteen
Yes, he is here in this open field, in sunlight, among the few young trees set out to modify the bare facts-- he's here, but… — Denise Levertov
To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath… — Thomas Merton
And these things that keep alive on departure know that you praise them; transient, they look to us, the most transient, to be their rescue.… — Rainer Maria Rilke
There's no easy way to do this. So do it right: weep, laugh, watch, pray, love, live, give thanks and praise; comfort, mend, honor, and… — Thomas Lynch
Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe… — Wallace Stegner
Warm are the still and lucky miles, White shores of longing stretch away, A light of recognition fills The whole great day, and bright The… — Wystan Hugh Auden
He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them… — Peter S. Beagle
I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we… — Gary Chapman
Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? So that all this… — Virginia Woolf
Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child confesses the truth,… — Henry Cloud
Wake up now, look alive, for here is a day off work just to praise Creation: the turkey, the squash, and the corn, these things… — Barbara Kingsolver
A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story. He will never… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Even great men are only truly recognized and honored once they are dead. Why? Because those who praise them need to feel themselves somehow superior… — Clarice Lispector
Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in… — Jeanette Winterson

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