Praise Quotes
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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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“Though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise”
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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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We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons will respond.
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You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.
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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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I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
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Praise and blame alike mean nothing. No, delightful as the pastime of measuring may be, it is the most futile of all occupations, and to submit to the decrees of the measurers the most servile of attitudes.
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Praise thyself never.
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
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There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely if well aimed as praise.
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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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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
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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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But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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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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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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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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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
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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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Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.
