Best 734 quotes in «praise quotes» category

Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast.

Heartless praise is not praise at all. It is worthless and an insult to God.

He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

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

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself.

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!

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

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.

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

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.

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.]

I don't let the hate go to my heart, and I don't let the praise go to my head.

If Jesus heals instantly, praise Him. If Jesus heals gradually, trust Him. When Jesus heals ultimately, you will understand.

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

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.

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

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever.

If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

If someone praises you with what you are not, they are in essence criticizing you of a deficiency in you.

If somebody praises you; change the topic!

If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.

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

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

If you accept all the praise, you have to accept all the critics.

If your opponent praises you: beware! But if he gets stuck into you, you are usually on the right way.

If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push things further, otherwise I wasn't worthy of their praise.

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

I manage to think twice about everything / Why will they like me as they do / Or not as they do / Why will they praise me as they do / Or praise me not not as they do.

I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies. [Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

In Donald Trump, you have somebody who praises Vladimir Putin all the time. America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro- Putin elements in the Ukraine, who had to be fired for that reason. They should wonder - when Donald Trump is sitting down with Vladimir Putin, is it going to be America's bottom line or is it going to be Donald Trump's bottom line that he's going to be worried about with all of his business dealings?

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