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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.

The creator, if he should love his creature, would be loving only a part of himself; but the creature, praising the creator, praises an infinity beyond himself.

The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.

The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves.

The heavens are nobly eloquent of the Deity, and the most magnificent heralds of their Maker's praise.

The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.

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

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.

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

The house praises the carpenter.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

Their silence is enough praise.

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.

The issue is that when you're a critic it's hard to tell the difference between the thrill of denouncing and telling the truth. Telling the truth to me feels more often like denouncing than like praising. There are many more concrete advantages in the world for people who praise than for those who denounce. So if you want to tell the truth, oftentimes you're going to err on the side of denouncing. That's just something I have to work on.

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.

The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.

The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated.

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

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.

The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

The praise of injudicious friends frequently fosters bad mannerisms.

The present eye praises the present object.

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.

There are many, many angels, more than there are human beings. They stand before the throne of God and praise Him. At the same time, they are among us, with us. Angels are real. And they are here.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

There are entire congregations who worship praise and praise worship but who have not yet learned to praise and worship God in Jesus Christ.

There is no intolerance in the world so great as the intolerance of tolerance, and no bigotry so excessive as the bigotry of the image breaker. To praise the devil is second nature. To praise God is an education.

The reason why I praise the lion is because the lion is the king of the jungle.

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.

There is a tendency among some businesses to criticize and belittle their competitors. This is a bad procedure. Praise them. Learn from them. There are times when you can co-operate with them to their advantage and to yours! Speak well of them and they will speak well of you. You can't destroy good ideas. Take advantage of them.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.

There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

There is not a person we employ who does not, like ourselves, desire recognition, praise, gentleness, forbearance, patience.

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors.  I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.

There is power in corporate fasting and power in corporate praise.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.