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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations.

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

The work praises the man.

The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.

They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.

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

Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

To praise is an investment in happiness.

To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word.

Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.

Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.

To praise one thing is not to damn another.

To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True Music, like all true Art, is an experience to be shared, not judged, for praise cannot make it better, as blame cannot make it worse

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.