Quotes About Praise

God bless Captain Vere!

There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on the earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.

You're a tough guy, aren't you?" Tough was the biggest compliment my family offered. Nice was fine, smart was good, but tough was what we aimed for.

Erasmus says that you should praise a ruler even for qualities he does not have. For the flattery gives him to think. And the qualities he presently lacks, he might go to work on them.

Try to think of it as the end scene in Star Wars where everyone cheers and Princess Leia puts medals on Han and Luke." Call

Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.

Honor is awesome because I say so

For the first rate poet, nothing short of a Queen or a Chimera is adequate for the powers of his praise.

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.

both responded like thirsty plants to water when it came to parental approval.

He was all smug about how he'd negotiated flexible hours so he could continue being a hands-on dad, the dad his own father never got to be, and didn't he just lap up all the praise he got for being such an involved father, and laugh sympathetically, but enjoyably, over the fact that Clementine never got any praise for being an involved mother?

It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the whole of our energies; for in that case one generally comes to a standstill.

Just believe what God says that Jesus has done for you... spirit, soul, and body -- think about it, talk about it, sing about it, shout about it, and the praise cure has begun.

I am not accustomed to the language of eulogy. I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women. But I must say, that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice.

Could it be there are storms in our lives where our perspective may not match God's? Even when it's impossible to see our circumstances from God's point of view, we can still trust him with anything and everything. And because we trust him, we can praise him no matter what. So, praise him even in your darkest hour, because someday, whether on this side of heaven or the other, we will see what God was doing all along. So why wait? Use your faith and

Your Word says: "The LORD always keeps his promises; he is gracious in all he does" (Ps. 145:13 NLT).

What this tells us is that children who are outperformed may give up rather than fight to improve, and those who do win may not feel compelled to keep trying as hard if even the losers get praise and a trophy.

Laudy laud! is my new phrase for the hero worship that butters the human bread.

I'd be flattered if someone said that my work is "too weird" for them. I value the uncompliment.

The seek after glory should be careless of public opinion

I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works. (Psalm 139:14, NKJV)

A queen, you are," he said softly. "I could travel the world the rest of my life, and not find another woman with half your ways.

I have a ton of respect for Fred Van Vleet.

We must look at the personality of Jesus and see him under various circumstances - circumstances not unlike our own - and then praise him by imitating him to the best of our ability.