Quotes About Praise

let our light shine "so that your Father may be glorified.

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the creative is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.

Oh, yes!" said Arianna. "You're really good! One of the best.

Greatness is to stay humble when the whole world calls you great!

Listen to the praises about you in silence; listen to the critics about you even in more silence!

Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death!

Thou art a monument without a tomb And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.

constantly loving the Black woman, always defending the ghetto youths, and giving Rastafari praise.

It was one thing to be called pretty; it was a true compliment to be called smart.

We must see God's gifts of creation as windows into his glory and opportunities to praise him. But we must also find pleasure in them. We should thank God for our day on the lake, but we don't need to say, "Praise you, Jesus!" with each cast. We must thank God for our daily bread, but it's okay to focus on the flavors of our sandwich while we're eating it.

This is all birthed and nurtured in worship.

He was rejected; we want to be respected. He was regarded as radical; we want to be recognized as reasonable. He was accused of having demons; we are acclaimed for having degrees. He was put out; we long to be taken in. He put no stock in the praise of man; we thrive on it. Is it any wonder we make so little impact here for Him?

Byron clapped Walter on the back. 'Good work,' he said. Walter shook his head. 'You're the one who clocked her with the Stephen King hardcover. That took some of the wind out of her.' 'Thank heavens he's a wordy man,' said Byron.

He wasn't a tough guy. He was "a big warm-hearted monkey," said Bannon, with rather faint praise.

Few men have been admired by their own households.

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose if you belittle yourself, you are believed if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God's word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

Um amor precisa de um turbilhão de palavras, das frases aparentemente inúteis e sem sentido, de elogios, do ruído das banalidades. Não há felicidade que seja tantas vezes fútil, tantas vezes inútil.

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God inhabits the praises of His people. And when the King is present, all things are possible. So