Quotes About Praise

You always feel you are not deserving. People who are successful at what they do know what kind of work goes with it, so they are surprised at the praise.

Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

Compulsory education... It is a painful, continual, and difficult work; to be done by kindness, by watching, by warning, by precept, and by praise, — but above all — by example.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.

It is the witness alone that can work without any desire, without any idea of going to heaven, without any idea of blame, without any idea of praise. The witness alone enjoys, and none else.

If reviewers don't mention your work, it's probably better than if they do.

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.

There is no kind of experience in which a Christian has a right to refuse to praise God, for 'all things work together for good to them that love God.'

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

I'm not saying Brad Stevens should not be getting praise for the job that he's done, because I feel like he's done an outstanding job. I'm just saying the amount of praise he's getting, you'd think he won a championship or two. They don't give Steve Kerr that much love. Come on.

For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

It's easy to praise God in the good times, but what about when the storms of your flesh are a-brewin'? Not so easy then!

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

I have not come to having a healthy ego through being complimented by Internet strangers, I was born that way.

Strauss, Neil: "'The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.'—Norman Vincent Peale

Reading (learning) is the ultimate meta-skill and can be traded for anything else. All the real benefits in life come from compound interest. Earn with your mind, not your time. 99% of all effort is wasted. Total honesty at all times. It's almost always possible to be honest and positive. Praise specifically, criticize generally (Warren Buffett).

There are no statues erected to critics.

Elogio de la ociosidad y otros ensayos (Diario Público, 2010), de Bertrand Russell.

When I understood praise as loving appreciation and warm and human acknowledgment of God, I found it inviting. I found that I wanted to praise God.

Paul and Silas sang hymns in the Philippian jail. You can only do that if you have remembered that your welfare and freedom are in the hands of an all-powerful God who is your Father. Much of the drama of God's people is a drama of identity.

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.