Praise Quotes

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Most of the verses written about praise in God’s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.

It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to preach the art of seeing.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.

Lord #‎ God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

If we would talk more about the Lord and praise Him, we would have less time to talk about ourselves.

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.

I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth’s appearing.

Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

In some of the best worship songs we bring our praises to God - yet at the same time also end up preaching to ourselves.

Praise works best at the start, before the miracle, before the breakthrough, before the restoration.

To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

The reason why I praise the lion is because the lion is the king of the jungle.

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

Envy is a kind of praise.

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Prayer is an exchange. We leave our burdens, worries and sin in the hands of God. We come away with oil of joy and the garment of praise.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

The music was thunder and joy. Lightning bolts of happiness and praise, foot-stomping, dance-shouting, good-feeling singing from the soul.

Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.

You always feel you are not deserving. People who are successful at what they do know what kind of work goes with it, so they are surprised at the praise.

Prayer means lovingly contemplating the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, allowing our hearts to be enkindled to praise and adore the love and omnipotence of the most blessed Trinity.

Die to self: die to criticism, die to praise.

Praise is the Rehearsal of Our eternal Song By Grace We learn to Sing, and in Glory We Continue to Sing.

Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.