Praises Quotes

167 Praises quotes by 153 unique authors

Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job. — Erica Jong
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. — Henry David Thoreau
Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not! — William Blake
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of… — Izaak Walton
Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch… — Warsan Shire
Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them. — Anton Chekhov
The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own. — W. S. Gilbert
If someone praises you with what you are not, they are in essence criticizing you of a deficiency in you. — Wahb ibn Munabbih
To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at least,… — Samuel Johnson
To image the being of God towards the world, to be the priest of creation, is to behave towards the world in all its aspects,… — Colin Gunton
One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages. — William Shakespeare
Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises. — Simon Schama
Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block. — Nils Kjaer
The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. — Isaac of Nineveh
...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change. They dance for… — Gregory Palamas
...the souls of the dead [are] not deprived of their intellectual faculties but... they also are not lacking in feelings such as hope and sadness,… — John Cassian
Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains… — Matthew Henry
All ages serve and worship the same God, gather under the same gospel and add to the collective song that praises the faithfulness of God… — Keith Getty
Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise. — Abraham Cowley
We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of… — Pericles
All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates — Amit Abraham
The house praises the carpenter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. — Seneca the Younger
Every potter praises his own pot. — Henry George Bohn

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