Praise Quotes
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Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.
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He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.
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I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy.
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Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear
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God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.'
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No breeder is above catering to intelligent praise of his dog.
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There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
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Flattery is praise without foundation.
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Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it.
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Lord # God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.
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We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.
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The way to praise a poet is to write a poem.
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Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.
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The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.
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So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.
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For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
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It is true that I receive a lot of praise and that is flattering. But I try not to let it affect me.
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Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it: feel it, and hate in silence.
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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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Hear the wind and you will know the wind. Wind blows, and the generations are its leaves. There was no higher praise than what was said of Confucius: He knows where the wind comes from.
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If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
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Tides of History provides a splendid prism through which we may view the wider world of Victorian science. . . . Historians of science will have cause to heap praise on this book, but so too will the non-specialists. The author's splendid writing style, at times appropriately Puckish, makes this work an accessible and enjoyable read.
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To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love.
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She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.
