Praise Quotes - Page 8

• Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

  Rick Warren

  Inspirational, Quiet Moments, Thank God

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• I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Inspirational, Leadership, Money

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• So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

  Akkineni Nagarjuna

  Encouragement, Helping Others, Effort

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• We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Character, Men, Support

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.167

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• We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Excited, Glory

  "Pro Archia Poeta". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Exordium (Introduction) line 11), 62 BC.

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• There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Gratitude, Powerful, Yield

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.188

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• The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.

  Augustus William Hare

  Teaching, Use, May

  Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare, Edward Hayes Plumptre (1871). “Guesses at Truth”, p.491

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• Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

  Aristotle

  Standards, Higher Standards, Higher

  Aristotle (1987). “The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Keys, Goes On

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

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• He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.

  Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena

  Wish

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• God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Sweet, Fall, Caring

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jan 04, 2015

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• It is not he who searches for praise who finds it.

  Antoine Rivarol

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  Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

  William Arthur Ward

  Respect, Blessed, Blessing

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• Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

  Henry Jacobsen

  Thanksgiving, Difficult Times, Turkey Day

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• Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Trust, Littles, Indifference

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• As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Leader, Coaching

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• It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this evanescent river of life wisely? With mindful awareness and love it becomes clear. You can fight against the river of change, or use its wisdom to teach you how to graciously move and create and flow with the full measure of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, praise and blame that make up every human incarnation.

  Jack Kornfield

  Moving, Fighting, Loss

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• The rose that all are praising
  Is not the rose for me.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Flower, Rose

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.73

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• Praise the sea; on shore remain.

  John Florio

  Rain, Ocean, Sea

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• It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

  John Ciardi

  Courage, Men, Bravery

  John Ciardi (1972). “Manner of Speaking”

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• A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise.

  Russell Page

  Faith, Hope, Song

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• Hearing improves with PRAISE!

  Mark Gottfried

  Basketball, Coaching, Hearing

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• Shout praise and whisper criticism.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Criticism

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• We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

  Francois Fenelon

  Gymnastics, Men, Criticism

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• The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Envy, Envious, Censure

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.246

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