Reproof Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. — Walter Savage Landor
The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture, the sharpest reproof. — Louisa May Alcott
No reproof or denunciation is so potent as the silent influence of a good example. — Hosea Ballou
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone. — Walter Savage Landor
Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only blessing; but to… — William Styron
Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is… — Gautama Buddha
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I… — Khalil Gibran
Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the… — William Shakespeare
The humility that cringes in order that reproof may be escaped or favor obtained is as unchristian as it is profoundly immoral. — Dallas Willard
Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in… — Erich von Stroheim
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete,… — Paul the Apostle
The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to… — John Woolman
Ah, how steadily do they who are guilty shrink from reproof! — Amelia Bloomer
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. — Alexander Pope
Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no… — Vance Havner
Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof; Let… — Charles Churchill
Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. — Samuel Lover
Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not… — David O. McKay
When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and… — Joseph Fielding Smith
I waited for dawn, but only because I had forgotten how hard mornings were. For a second I'd be normal. Then came the dim awareness… — Francine Prose

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