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Quotes About Praise

War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.
~ Alice Walker
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.
~ Romain Rolland
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
No disrespect' is a world away from respect--and admiration.
~ Susanne Dunlap
What attitude and/or action will glorify God in this moment?
~ Susie Shellenberger
When I make a pretty good hook (...) she gives me a toothless smile and an unintelligeble comment I think might be praise.
~ Suzanne Collins
But beauty holds only part of a man, and that for just so long. Keep some of yourself hidden. You can lavish love and praise on him and work hard by his side...But the secret is keeping your innermost beauty, the secrets of your soul, locked in your heart so that he must always reach out to you for it.
~ Suzanne Fisher Staples
Hymns are not only words of praise but words of power, being pronounced with the right attitude of mind.
~ Swami Vivekananada
When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.
~ Trisha Yearwood
When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work.
~ Chen Guangbiao
My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it.
~ Bhumibol Adulyadej
I believe in one thing: that anyone who is able to do something good for someone, I mean, should be praised.
~ Ravi Shankar
If I see somebody that's doing something good, I tell him, Hey, man, keep doing those things. Those things can make you be a great pro.'
~ Gerald Green
As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.
~ Saint Basil
It's one thing for a father to say, 'Oh, my son is great.' But to have others say it - that's the true reward. Robbie's one of the smartest people I know. He's made such fantastic movies.
~ Carl Reiner
In my song 'First Class' from the film 'Kalank', I was okay with the shorter part in the duet because it was to praise the man.
~ Neeti Mohan
Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.
~ Charles Spurgeon
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
~ Edith Sitwell
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
~ Moliere
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
~ Dante Alighieri
I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.
~ Grace Slick
The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and like to be admired, so at least, at first, they often seek to be praised abroad.
~ Chrystia Freeland
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~ I love you Lord!
Towards these weeks of rain I give effusive praise. Let me always be reminded that there is time for change.
~ Taylor Patton