Quotes About Praise

When we worship God, we reverence Him above all

For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! (30:15–18)

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3–4)

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

You did very well, old friend. Shall I blush and simper? If you don't keep it up for long. I hate blushing and simpering in a grown man when it goes on and on.

What cannot Praise effect in Mighty Minds, When Flattery Sooths, and when Ambition Blinds!

But O! what art can teach, What human voice can reach, The sacred organ's praise?

The nature of the praise and prayer in the Psalms indicates how memory is key to praise and prayer.

Todo hombre anhela que lo elogien y que encima de eso, le paguen bien.

I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. (Ps. 9: 1–3 NLT)

now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. —Psalm 27:6

Ad majorem Dei gloriam—to the greater glory of God.

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. HENRY MITCHELL

Love 'em. Kool & the Gang, love 'em. What more can I say?

Find the good, and praise it.

The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional...it is theological.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

Being worshipped is a horrible experience.

The seed, swollen with moisture, burst asunder its covering of soil and out peers the blade of wheat, full of symbols. So faith, whose bosom is filled with goodly fruits, is a blade of praise.

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.