Praise Quotes
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.
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Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you'll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.
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Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys illusion and disturbs those who believe they are wise; He does nothing yet everything happens.
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Praise thyself never.
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A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.
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I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.
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I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.
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Incidentally, common sense is not so common and is the highest praise we give to a chain of logical conclusions.
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Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
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The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled are in exact proportion to its dependency of language or expression.
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Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
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Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.
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Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."
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Surely, if life is good, it is good throughout its substance; we cannot separate men's activities from women's and say, these are worthy of praise and these unworthy.
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Accept praise for its worth — politeness. Be brutally frank with yourself. It's safer.
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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
