Praise Quotes
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I believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today.
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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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But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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In a sense, Open City is a kind of Wunderkammer, one of those little rooms assembled with bric-a-brac by Renaissance scholars. I don't mean it as a term of praise: these cabinets of curiousities contained specific sorts of objects - maps, skulls (as memento mori), works of art, stuffed animals, natural history samples, and books - and Open City actually contains many of the same sort of objects. So, I don't think it's as simple as literary inclusiveness.
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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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Incidentally, common sense is not so common and is the highest praise we give to a chain of logical conclusions.
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Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise.
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Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.
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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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Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.
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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
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Accept praise for its worth — politeness. Be brutally frank with yourself. It's safer.
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The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?
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Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.
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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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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
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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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I've learnt that you shouldn't take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.
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There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely if well aimed as praise.
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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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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.
