Top 1200 Praise And Thanksgiving Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

The heavens are nobly eloquent of the Deity, and the most magnificent heralds of their Maker's praise.

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.

Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise.

Praise adds nothing to beauty--makes it neither better nor worse.

Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is it so apparently ingrained? Is it necessary to the American psyche to perpetually exploit and debase its victims in order to justify its history?

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

We blossom under praise like flowers in sun and dew; we open, we reach, we grow.

The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.

I think coaches who don't coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.

I don't have enough words to praise Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan.

This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.

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

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

Expectations are just leftover praise. They are a blessing. If you didn't have the capability to meet them, they wouldn't exist.

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

Where I grew up, I could be a punk rocker and a jock. But in college, it became apparent that those two worlds didn't mix. When I brought my guitar back to school after Thanksgiving break, a friend handed me his bass and said, 'Listen to the Ramones.'

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

By weaker accents, what's your praise When Philomel her voice doth raise?

One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

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

Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.

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

But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.

I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.

My tradition, as an adult, is to have an open-door policy on Thanksgiving. I always host, and I welcome absolutely anyone into my home. I think it's really special. If people are going through hard times or not getting along well with their family, they flock to my house. And I'll have my tree up!

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.

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

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.

If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Still I made one excuse after another, and Jesus would answer, 'Go, and I will be with you'... Then Jesus said again, 'Go, and I will be with you.' I cried, 'Lord, I will go. Where shall I go?' And Jesus said, 'Go here, go there, wherever souls are perishing.' Praise the Lord for his wonderful goodness in revealing his word and will in such a wonderful way, to such a poor weak worm of the dust. I saw more in that vision than I could have learned in years of hard study. Praise His Holy Name. I saw that I must not depend on anything that I could do, but to look to Him for strength and wisdom.

Ways of worshipping are not to be ranked as better or worse than one another . . . It's all praise, and it's all right.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

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