Praised Quotes
238 Praised quotes by 187 unique authors
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Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence. On the contrary, everyone was grumpy, complaining. Naturally,…
— Rajneesh
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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When you're a monster, you are thanked and praised for not being a monster.
— Kristin Cashore
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This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based…
— Bill Hicks
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What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power…
— John Piper
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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a…
— Oscar Wilde
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Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say…
— Marcus Buckingham
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Only those beneath me can envy or hate me. I have never been envied nor hated; I am above no one. Only those above me…
— Khalil Gibran
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We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ with his outlook…
— Francis Schaeffer
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She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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She praised his book and he embraced her from gratitude rather than lust, but she didn't let go. Neither did he. She kissed his cheek,…
— Anthony Marra
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I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.
— Arthur Balfour
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God is to be praised with the voice, and the heart should go therewith in holy exultation.
— Charles Spurgeon
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No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation.…
— Nelson Mandela
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So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure you that I…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama…
— Nancy Gibbs
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I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
— Dean Smith
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good…
— Patrick Gordon
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If our countries had war the one with the other, that was no cause that he should put us to death; with which they were…
— William Adams
Who Wrote These Praised Quotes
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