Best 734 quotes in «praise quotes» category

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 no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

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

Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.

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.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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

Most people like praise . . . When it is really deserved, most people expand under it into richer and better selves.

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.

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

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

Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.

Never praise your cider or your horse

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 your thoughts be psalms, your prayers incense, and your breath praise.

Life just keeps unfolding, ignoring our praise or blame.

Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it.

Lord #‎ God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

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

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.

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise.

Not praising the deserving prevents envy.

Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.

Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

O hasten, Lord, these promised days, When Israel shall rejoice, And Jew and Gentile join in praise, With one united voice!

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!

Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

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

One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our praises are our wages.

Passion produced out of prayer and praise pushes you to extremes.

O Yes, I must sing, and so must you sing also. For all music is singing, and in music there is praise of life.

Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises.

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

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

Praise and disgrace cause fear.

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.