Quotes About Praise

The real purpose of meditation is this: to teach a man how to work himself free of created things and temporal concerns, in which he finds only confusion and sorrow, and enter into a conscious and loving contact with God in which he is disposed to receive from God the help he knows he needs so badly, and to pay to God the praise and honor and thanksgiving and love which it has now become his joy to give.

True simplicity implies love and trust—it does not expect to be derided and rejected, any more than it expects to be admired and praised.

The mercy of God demands to be known and recognized and set apart from everything else and praised and adored in joy.

St. Augustine adds that God has taught us to praise Him, in the Psalms, not in order that He may get something out of this praise, but in order that we may be made better by it. Praising God in the words of the Psalms, we can come to know Him better. Knowing Him better we love Him better, loving Him better we find our happiness in Him.

St. Augustine adds that God has taught us to praise Him, in the Psalms, not in order that He may get something out of this praise, but in order that we may be made better by it.

For if we have no real interest in praising Him, it shows that we have never realized who He is.

They knew a good building would praise God better than a bad one, even if the bad one were covered all over with official symbols of praise.

True gratitude and hypocrisy cannot exist together. They are totally incompatible. ... We cannot be satisified to make a mental note of things which God has done for us and then perfunctorily thank him for favors recieved. ... Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful man knows that God is good, not by hearsay, but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

Put it this way—everybody has to have somebody to make em look good, which just happens to be you in this case.

That's the greatest tribute you could pay Ella.

When it comes to the nitty-gritty, what ties these threads of biblical narrative together into a revelation of God's love is that God has commanded us to refrain from grumbling about the dailiness of life. Instead we are meant to accept it as a reality that humbles us even as it gives cause for praise. The rhythm of sunrise and sunset marks a passage of time that marks each day rich with the possibility of salvation.

When I would begin to apologize for my spotty education, stating that I often felt that my passionate, haphazard reading has given me some of the faults of the autodidact, he would speak up and praise my "native intelligence." Those were healing words for me to hear...

You will always have a friend in me," he assured her. "And in Lady Devane as well, I believe. She sang your praises very highly earlier." "It's the money," Rose replied quickly. "It's obviously impaired her judgment.

When silence is God's only voice, And waiting on Him my only choice, A banner of faith I humbly raise And offer a sacrifice of praise. Though answers He may not impart, Forever I can trust His heart.

Lo, Elliott was an artist. No crucible of hardship, no spiritual calling. Art was just something he was good at, therefore something he was praised for, therefore something he kept doing.

Instead, amoebas with wonderful performance receive the intangible honor of genuine appreciation and praise from their colleagues.

God created the world to be praised on the subtle nature of his existence.

A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.

Young children who constantly hear "person" praise ("you're so smart to do this well") as opposed to "task" praise ("you did that well") are more likely to believe that intelligence is fixed rather than expandable with hard work.

When you draw on God's grace to put off your self-centered attitudes and act on His principles, you put His glory on display. Your life points to His vast wisdom, compassion, and transforming power, and as you look for God's glory, the impact reaches far beyond yourself because you give everyone around you reason to respect and praise God. Glorifying God is not about letting others see how great you are. It's about letting them see how great the Lord is.

Conflict always provides an opportunity to glorify God, that is, to bring him praise and honor by showing who he is, what he is like, and what he is doing.

I just prayed, 'Lord, I praise You, I thank You and I place myself in Your love

And in your own life, just say it once. And whenever you think about it, just praise God for the answer.

God-given prayer and praise have as their essence a waiting on God, a willingness to be wrought upon by the hammer and the fire of the Almighty, until the chains of self-centered desires fall away from the personality, and the love of Christ become the deepest hunger of the inner life.