Praised Quotes

238 Praised quotes by 187 unique authors

If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had laid… — Quentin Crisp
Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping an taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues. — Khalil Gibran
To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the… — Fulton J. Sheen
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
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
The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when… — D. A. Carson
And Dorothea..she had no dreams of being praised above other women. Feeling that there was always something better which she might have done if she… — George Eliot
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we… — Mark Twain
Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and… — Kristin Cashore
You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom… — William Shakespeare
He thought about science, about faith, about man. he thought about how every culture, in every country, in every time, had always shared one thing.… — Dan Brown
As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion,… — Ezra Pound
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done… — Helen Hayes
For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will… — Niccolo Machiavelli
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and… — Elie Wiesel
She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had… — Orson Scott Card
You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail… — Neal A. Maxwell
Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to… — Mary Wollstonecraft

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