Quotes About Praise

As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

I make sure I always give Him all the glory and praise, because I know that in one second, one game, one play, it could be all over.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence.

I'd live in Glasgow if I could. I can't praise it enough; it's the nicest place I have ever worked and I've worked in a lot of nice places.

The way to praise a poet is to write a poem.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.

There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'

I always wanted praise, and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic, and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, 'What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.'

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago.

I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I did.

In a way, the highest praise you could give to a composer like Bach was to take and make your own arrangement; it was sort of an homage to that composer and to his work, so it wasn't considered sacrilegious to do something like that.

I cannot sing Vampirella artist Patrick Berkenkotter's praises loudly or often enough.