Praise Quotes
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What you praise you increase.
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But stories that live longest Are sung above the glass, And Parnell loved his country And Parnell loved his lass.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.
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If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.
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You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'
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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
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Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.
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With faint praises one another damn.
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Praise is the reflection of virtue.
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When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.
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My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it.
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The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
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We say of the oak, How grand of girth! Of the willow we say, How slender! And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render.
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It is usually in better taste to praise an isolated action or a production of genius, than a man's character as a whole.
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Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
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I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
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I praise loudly. I blame softly.
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Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
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Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.
