Praise Quotes
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But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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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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A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.
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Praise thyself never.
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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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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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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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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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
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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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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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Incidentally, common sense is not so common and is the highest praise we give to a chain of logical conclusions.
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they 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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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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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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Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.
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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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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
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There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely if well aimed as praise.
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Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.
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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 pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
