Quotes About Praise

Solomon's prayer, then, is a proclamation of the fidelity of God. His prayer begins with praise of Yahweh's dependability. That is proper in itself—God should be so praised. But it is also useful for the pray-er, for as we praise in prayer we are encouraged in petition, for we realize as we rehearse Yahweh's record that we are coming to a faithful God. Praise then becomes the basis of confidence.

Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.

But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. — Psalms 71:14

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of praise in the faces around you. When you fall short of others' expectations, you replay your failures again and again. On your better days, your successes almost seem to balance your screwups. On your darker days, you suspect that your shortcomings have forever skewed everyone's opinion of you — even God's — and you wonder what it will take to regain God's good

The daylight needs no praise, and so we praise it always- greater than ourselves and all the airy words we summon.

For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. —Psalm 57:10

all the world's parenting advice can be distilled to two simple rules: pay attention to what your children are fascinated by, and praise them for their effort." [Paraphrasing Carol Dweck, a psychologist who studies motivation]

But the message from Dweck and the hotbeds is clear: high motivation is not the kind of language that ignites people. What works is precisely the opposite: not reaching up but reaching down, speaking to the ground-level effort, affirming the struggle. Dweck's research shows that phrases like "Wow, you really tried hard," or "Good job, dude," motivate far better than what she calls empty praise.

First, consider nontangible rewards. Praise and positive feedback are much less corrosive than cash and trophies.

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes BY ALFIE KOHN

Praise and positive feedback are much less corrosive than cash and trophies.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

If to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.

Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments, however, must remain neutral as to the content of expression. And governments must protect the rights of all to express even the most despicable of views.

The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.

Those who want to 'drain the swamp,' should be praising Mueller for enforcing FARA violations and, in return, prompting more lobbyists to register as foreign agents when required.

I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways.

Virtually every one of the most far-right neocon Bush officials - including Dick Cheney himself - has spent years now praising Obama for continuing their terrorism policies which Obama the Senator and Presidential Candidate once so harshly denounced.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Heaven will be full of the songs of worshipers who had once been broken people in a broken world, picked up and used for God's glory.

BY INVESTIGATING GOD'S MAJESTIC AND AWESOME CREATION, SCIENCE CAN ACTUALLY BE A MEANS OF WORSHIP. —FRANCIS COLLINS