Praise Quotes
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The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
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Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.
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He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
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Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.
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I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as I'm concerned, mommies, in general, rule the world. And single mothers just take it to a whole other level.
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Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.
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And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it.
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When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is not on the strength of his thoughts and dreams as a whole, but only of that infinitesimal part which has been able to make its way through the narrow channel of language and the equally narrow channel of the reader's understanding.
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Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.
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I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands, suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land. Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made blue for the sky and the color green that fills Your fields with praise.
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I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it.
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One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.
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The point is not that [Bob] Dylan doesn't need a Nobel to attest to how good he is (although he doesn't.) It's that pop music, pop music of any kind, doesn't need the Nobel committee to damn it with the faint praise of such an award to its sole chosen representative.
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Praise Him early, praise Him late, for our high and holy state; born, baptized, redeem'd forever, nought but sin our souls can sever from the Saviour who has bought us, from the Spirit who has taught us. Lord! renew us day by day, never let us fall away.
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Praise in public; punish in private.
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Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the most honorable and heroic of ambitions - to dress our broken world in the clothes of language, trust, and hope.
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Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.
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Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
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It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.
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Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
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When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.
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When I conducted a beer-rating session last year, I wrote that most American beers taste as if they were brewed through a horse. That offended many people in the American beer industry, as well as patriots who thought I was being subversive in praising foreign beers. I have just read a little-known study of American beers. So I must apologize to the horse. At least with a horse, we'd know what we're getting.
