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Quotes About Praise

THE HEART OF WORSHIP IS SURRENDER.
~ Rick Warren
Worship is far more than praising, singing, and praying to God. Worship is a lifestyle of enjoying God, loving him, and giving ourselves to be used for his purposes.
~ Rick Warren
The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, thanking God during a trial, trusting him when tempted, surrendering while suffering, and loving him when he seems distant.
~ Rick Warren
But we are commanded to recognize his glory, honor his glory, declare his glory, praise his glory, reflect his glory, and live for his glory.7 Why? Because God deserves it! We owe him every honor we can possibly give. Since God made all things, he deserves all the glory. The Bible says, "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created everything."8
~ Rick Warren
We bring God glory by worshiping him. Worship is our first responsibility to God. We worship God by enjoying him.
~ Rick Warren
If God never did anything else for you, he would still deserve your continual praise for the rest of your life because of what Jesus did for you on the cross. God's Son died for you! This is the greatest reason for worship.
~ Rick Warren
Kate DiCamillo
~ I honor you!
He praised the mare and tugged at her ear. He flattered the cob as well, liking him suddenly; sorry for him because his plain looks concealed such a generous heart.
~ Kate Thompson
Like God in the Bible, they looked at what they had made and found it very good
~ Katherine Paterson
As we got older, we went on talking about the Gallery. If you wanted to praise someone's work, you'd say: "That's good enough for the Gallery." And after we discovered irony, whenever we came across any laughably bad work, we'd go: "Oh yes! Straight to the Gallery with that one!
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
Then pointing to Edwin's shoes, he said: "Those look skilfully crafted. Did you make them yourself?" "Master Baldwin made them for me. The most skilled shoemaker in the village
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.
~ Ken Bruen
His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.
~ Ken Follett
She was proud to have a son who could ask such a thoughtful and challenging question.
~ Ken Follett
We cannot hope to understand the world—all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation.
~ Ken Follett
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.
~ Juvenal
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.
~ Thucydides
Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.
~ Thomas Jefferson
For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.
~ Walter Scott
Prayer is a royal power.
~ Lailah Gfty Akita
The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer.
~ R. A. Torrey
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
~ Alexander MacLaren
Prayer is preoccupation with our needs. Praise is preoccupation with our blessings. Worship is preoccupation with GOD Himself.
~ Leonard Ravenhill