Quotes About Commendation

The question, is it true? can be asked of anything we read. It is applicable to every kind of writing, in one or another sense of truth -- mathematical, scientific, philosophical, historial and poetical. No higher commendation can be given any work of the human mind than to praise it for the measure of truth it has achieved; by the same token, to criticize it adversely for its failure in this respect is to treat it with the seriousness that a serious work deserves.

I respect everyone that mentioned my name and said good things about me. I appreciate it.

Boone Pickens should be commended for his leadership on American energy security, and for bringing Ted Turner along on some sensible approaches to enhancing it.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

most men will work harder for commendation and recognition than they will for money alone.

Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.

False brethren don't show up at your church to be helped, they come to devour the flock. They are wolves. Wolves like to feed on lambs. You don't negotiate with a wolf. You don't counsel a wolf. You don't pray with a wolf. Read this carefully, the only thing you can do with a wolf is take them out, drive them out, and drive them away from your flock! This is what the leadership at Ephesus did, and Jesus commended them for it.

They tried to believe in their classmates. They must have believed that if we could all get together, then we might end up being saved. We should commend them for that. We couldn't do that.

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

is high praise.

When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

Even the most arrant coward becomes brave when the world praises him. A fool can do heroic deeds when the approbation of society is upon him, but for a man to constantly do good without caring for the approbation of his fellow men is indeed the highest sacrifice man can perform.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say, 'attaboy'.

To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.

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If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

There is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of valor.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]