Quotes About Praise

I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

I wouldn't let anyone say a bad word about Cheryl Cole.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.

It's a great feeling when your work is appreciated.

I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am.

I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

It is certainly very thrilling to be given so much love and appreciation from the audience and critics.

It's always humbling and thrilling to be appreciated.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Praise to thee, my Lord, for all thy creatures,Above all Brother SunWho brings us the day and lends us his light.

My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

Honour is not bestowed upon merit.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. PSALM 139:13-14,

Knowing when to correct and train, when to overlook, and when to enjoy and praise is a constant balancing act for a parent, but I tried to err on the side of compassion and sympathy with Nathan. These seemed to be the tools that opened Nathan's heart to correction. And these gifts could only be given through personal time invested over and over again.

I made this resolution today. I will try to excel in all things yet if I am excelled, without fault of mine, I will not be mortified. I will not withhold from any one the praise which I think his due; nor will I allow myself to envy another's praise or to feel jealousy when I hear him praised. May God help me to keep it.

Que hablen de uno, aunque sea bien

Give credit to whom credit due.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and in exactly the right places.