Praise Quotes

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

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

Blame is safer than praise

[Hawthorne''s] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while.

The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

Without doubt I praise the wild excellence.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

I am here no longer just a vision birthed into this body I accept my praise, my blame, my joy, my sorrow I realize we are, in truth, the truth we seek God, perfect this very moment.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?

The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.

But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.

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

A rich man's joke is always funny.

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

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.

Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise.

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise.

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

You can't judge the ability of a doctor by the amount of praise the undertakers give him.

When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.

They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in these dark times

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

Our praises are our wages.

Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?

When we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.

The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise GOD.

We increase whatever we praise.

If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And hail'd Salvation's Morn!

Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.