Praise Quotes - Page 25

• All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

  Jose Clemente Orozco

  Masters, Produce

  José Clemente Orozco (2014). “José Clemente Orozco: An Autobiography”, p.24, University of Texas Press

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• The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Criticism, Deceived, Knows

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• He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

  Seneca the Younger

  Family, Deeds, Ancestry

  "The Madness of Hercules". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 54 AD.

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• It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

  Jonathan Swift

  Sarcasm, Men, Vices

  Jonathan Swift (1861). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions”, p.612

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• All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.

  Jonathan Swift

  Poppies, Infusion

  Jonathan Swift, David Laing Purves (1871). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Carefully Selected; with a Biography of the Author”, p.520

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• How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Children, Father, Past

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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• All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Writing, Pay, Tribes

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.25

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• I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt.

  Joseph Conrad

  Laughter, Moving, Pride

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.1116, e-artnow

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• The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Men, Thinking, Excess

  Walter Savage Landor, Charles George Crump (1909). “Imaginary Conversations: Dialogues of literary men. Dialogues of famous women. Miscellaneous dialogues”

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• We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Wise, Applause, Vulgar

  Walter Savage Landor, Charles George Crump (1909). “Imaginary Conversations: Classical dialogues (Roman) Dialogues of sovereigns and statesmen”

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• What hymns are sung.
  What praises said.
  For homemade miracles of bread?

  Louis Untermeyer

  Hymns, Miracle, Bread

  Louis Untermeyer (1932). “Food and Drink”

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• Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

  Cullen Hightower

  Would Be, Generations, Argument

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• I know there is an eye that watches all of us. There is a judgment that weighs everything we do. And before this great force, which is greater than any government I stand in awe and I kneel in respect and it is to this great judgment that I dedicate this next song...

  Leonard Cohen

  Song, Eye, Government

  Leonard Cohen (2014). “Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen”, p.221, Omnibus Press

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• Every man praises his own wares.

  John Ray

  Men, Every Man

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• It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderhearted reverence are friends, not enemies. We have for too long separated the head from the heart, and we are the lesser for it. We love God with the mind and we love God with the heart. In reality, we are descending with the mind into the heart and there standing before God in ceaseless wonder and endless praise. As the mind and the heart work in concert, a kind of loving rationality pervades all we say and do. This brings unity to us and glory to God.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Prayer, Heart, Reality

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• So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

  Arthur Guiterman

  Thanksgiving, Song, Heart

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• The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.

  George Orwell

  Book, Facts, Certain

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.265, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To ensure that no one gained an advantage over anyone else, commercial law prohibited innovation in tools or techniques, underselling below a fixed price, working late by artificial light, employing extra apprentices or wife and under-age children, and advertising of wares or praising them to the detriment of others.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Children, Light, Law

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• Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

  Artist, Applause, Valuable

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• We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.

  Nizar Qabbani

  Hero, Thinking, Society

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• I have lived large parts of my life in wonderful circumstances that I utterly failed to appreciate. Reasons to be happy were everywhere, but somehow I didn't connect with them. It was as though I was eating but couldn't taste the food. Finally, I've learned to celebrate the good while it's happening. I feel gratitude and praise today for what are sometimes such simple pleasures. I have learned that happiness is not determined by circumstances. Happiness is not what happens when everything goes the way you think it should go; happiness is what happens when you decide to be happy.

  Marianne Williamson

  Happiness, Gratitude, Simple

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• Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Kindness, Sometimes, Good Things

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• I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to receive it. And if we want to receive it, we cannot help but being distraught at losing it. Those who are in love with applause have their spirits starved not only when they are blamed off-hand, but even when they fail to be constantly praised.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Hands, Want, Spirit

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• The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world.

  Jack Kornfield

  Prayer, Practice, Ties

  "Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation". Book by Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, 1987.

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• Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Giving

  "Two Secrets To A Better You" by Jack Canfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2009.

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