Praise Quotes

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.

If there was no praise or criticism in the world, then who would you be?

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.

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

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

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

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.

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

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

Praise the Lord, my soul, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise...Blessed are those whose strength is in you...blessed is the one who trusts in you!

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

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

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

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.

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.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.

He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.

Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.

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

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.

It's not that we should declare the praises of God. It's that we may.

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich.

The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

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.

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

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.

So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down.

Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!

When you are praising or blessing you are on the highest frequency of love.

It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness.

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

It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise.

O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.

Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.

Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.