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Quotes About Praise

But I had been so lectured by my father above all things to avoid praise that I was afraid to read those kind newspaper notices, and never clipped out or preserved any of them, just glanced at them and turned away my eyes from beholding vanity.
~ John Muir
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all -- by example.
~ John Ruskin
All great art is praise.
~ John Ruskin
A battalion was apparently a mid-level unit, in size, and his particular battalion had apparently been deeply enmeshed in combat in Iraq. Dannon had gotten good efficiency marks, but Lucas wasn't sure how exactly to evaluate them. In his own bureaucracy, good efficiency marks were subject to interpretation by insiders, and could damn with praise a little too faint.
~ John Sandford
Praise is always a good thing, especially in a crisis.
~ John Scalzi
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
~ John Steinbeck
A bribed man can only hate his briber. When this man died the nation rang with praise and, just beneath, with gladness that he was dead.
~ John Steinbeck
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
~ John Wooden
Commend, Don't Criticize
~ John Wooden
Everything God does—past, present, or future, whether in grace or in judgment—is to reveal His glory.
~ Jim George
The Lord delivers those who delight in Him.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
If you need a handbook for praise and worship, read Psalms.
~ Jim George
Encouragement and praISE SHOULD BE ENDLESS. fAUTH BRINGS THEM TOGETHER.
~ Unknown
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
~ Thomas Ken
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
~ Timothy Keller
There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.
~ Herbert Marshall
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Thank God for today; without His grace and mercy, none of us would be up today.
~ Unknown
Too many people are living for compliments, instead of living for accomplishments.
~ Unknown
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
~ Martin Luther
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
~ Unknown
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.
~ Bruce Lee
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
~ Oprah Winfrey