Best 734 quotes in «praise quotes» category

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

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise.

In some of the best worship songs we bring our praises to God - yet at the same time also end up preaching to ourselves.

I, painting from myself and to myself, Know what I do, am unmoved by men's blame Or their praise either.

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

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.

I shall praise those faces which seem to project out of the picture as though they were sculptured, and I shall censure those faces in which I see no art but that of outline.

I still am mystified about why Donald Trump is out there tweeting praise of Vladimir Putin, and still kind of denying and dismissing whether the hacking happened or the seriousness of it.

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

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

It doesn't take much to show love, but at some time or another in your, praise God, disastrous life you must have felt, honestly and simply, what love is and how love likes to behave.

It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is a rare instance of virtue to despise which censure which we do not deserve; and still more rare to despise praise which we do.

I tilt her chin up and bend my face to hers, silently praising every woman who's had a hand in making her who she is.

It is a bad sign when a new-born babe has not lungs enough to make itself heard over the whole house. It is equally a bad symptom when the new convert is born dumb, and cannot find his voice to praise God audibly.

It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.

It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.

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

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.

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

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.

It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand.

It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives.

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

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

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

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

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

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

It's a poor frog that doesn't praise his own pond! - Donnie McClurkin

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n; But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal with the Maker's praise.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they are well-mannered and they praise and flatter you.

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

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

Make it a habit to praise the horse when the horse yields.

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society.

Music, when thus applied, raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer, and fills it with great conceptions. It strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture.

Neither criticism nor praise should be highly regarded.

Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

Never praise your cider or your horse

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