Praise Quotes

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.

All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance.

Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the Universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways.

Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.

Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.

We were made to live in a posture of grateful worship, and when we live in praise we live our purpose, and all the pieces fall in place, us all falling down in thanks.

I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it.

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

The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.

Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you'll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

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

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his weak brain giddy.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.

The house praises the carpenter.

For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended.

Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite.

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder.

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.

Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, Know them and practise them: then shall I give For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.

As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

For if good were not praised more than ill, None would chuse goodness of his own free will.

Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then