Praise Quotations

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

We sing inspirational songs, songs of praise and worship, and about how good and how big God is. We are magnifying the Lord.

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.

The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago.

There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies,

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city.

I fear only God, all praises to Him.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.

Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah.

In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D'Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

It was not the part of His kindly love that he who was to praise God's divine generosity in regard to others should be compelled to condemn it in regard to himself.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.

Every time I see my brother, I just praise God for God's grace in his life. Because if God can change Franklin from a prodigal into a man of God, he can do it for anybody.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

Let me now praise the American writer James Dickey. In 1970, his novel 'Deliverance' was published. I found it to be 278 pages that approached perfection. Its tightness of construction and assuredness of style reminded me of 'The Great Gatsby.'

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself - when I divorced and took control of my life.

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

It's easy to praise God in the good times, but what about when the storms of your flesh are a-brewin'? Not so easy then!

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn't make you write worse, either.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.

I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.

I do know it's great to have a support from a fan base of a team. Football is such a team game, such a team aspect to it... Good things happen, the praise is spread around; and bad things happen, usually it's not just one person's fault.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the body's help and service, is better disposed for the service and praise of our Creator and Lord.

I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

It's funny how we 'do' Christmas. Christmas is not something that we do, it is something that was done. It celebrates the long awaited arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We had nothing to do with it, but what we can do is praise God for the coming of the Lord, who washed away the sins of the world by dying on the cross.

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.

I've been around long enough to know that a good deal of the praise heaped on me I had nothing to do with. The only thing I did object to was the fact that where the criticism was actually wrong. Did it bother me? Of course it bothered me. But I've been around long enough to have ups and downs. So you get over it.

I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

When I get hate mail, I get really down on myself, and I read it to my mom, and my mom is like, 'So what? Who cares? These people don't know you, so you can't take the praise or the hate to heart.'

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

I tell you the groans of the damned in hell are the deep bass of the universal anthem of praise that shall ascend to the throne of my God for ever and ever.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

I can imagine no sweeter way to end one's life than in the quiet of the country, out of the mad race for money, place and power - far from the demands of business - out of the dusty highway where fools struggle and strive for the hollow praise of other fools.

My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My father would always praise me. He always thought I was the smartest person.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

When you start to have success in athletics and get the adulation and praise that follows, that becomes quite an addiction. It gets you feeling better about yourself -- 'Maybe I am worthy.' That's why it may fuel that passion and drive to be great.

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

What makes him a vet is he's been playing since he was a freshman, ... He has experience under his belt. He's been in this conference for two years, and he knows who the opponent's threat is and what they are going to do. It's good to have him back there. He's real helpful. He guides us in all directions ? picks us up when we are down and gives us praise whenever we're doing good.

We know what he meant to the organization. He deserves all the praise and accolades he gets. He won the Super Bowl and all that. But we're so busy right now trying to beat them, that we have plenty of time to pat him on the back in the offseason.