Praise Quotes

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.

There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves.

I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —

True praise rootes and spreedes.

Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]

Praise a hill, but keepe below.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter the result.

Any day, any minute we bless God for our being or for anything, for food, for sunlight, we do and are what we were meant for, madefor--things that give and mean to give God glory.

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

Every potter praises his own pot.

False praise is always confined to the great.

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.

There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.

One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.

How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.

I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light

The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn't save you from that risk.

Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

You can't rely on the approval of others. I used to always look for praise from my directors to reassure myself that I was doing a good job. I don't do that anymore.

O hasten, Lord, these promised days, When Israel shall rejoice, And Jew and Gentile join in praise, With one united voice!

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

It is more or less rude to scorn indiscriminately all kinds of praise; we ought to be proud of that which comes from honest men, who praise sincerely those things in us which are really commendable.

When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.

Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly.

In truth we know by experience that song has great force and vigour to move and inflame the hearts of men to invoke and praise God with a more vehement and ardent zeal.

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise

Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites.

Let us now praise Barack Obama.

Every man praises his own wares.

The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.

Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone.