George Herbert Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise

• 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.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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

  George Herbert

  Praise, Dies

• Praise a hill, but keepe below.

  George Herbert

  Hills, Praise

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

• Praise day at night, and life at the end.

  George Herbert

  Night, Praise, Ends

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295

• To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

  George Herbert

  Writing, Two, Praise

  George Herbert (1874). “The complete works in verse and prose of George Herbert: for the 1. time fully collected and collated with the orig. and early editions and mss. and much enl. ...”, p.68

• Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

  George Herbert

  Fickle, Too Much, Praise

  George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.267

• Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.

  George Herbert

  Ocean, Sea, Land

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

• The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.

  George Herbert

  Morning, Frost, Evening

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.311

• Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise: That, as His death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.

  George Herbert

  Easter, Heart, Dust

  George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.41

• True praise rootes and spreedes.

  George Herbert

  Praise

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

• Lord! who hath praise enough?

  George Herbert

  Praise, Lord, Enough

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.87

• Give me simplicity, that I may live,
  So live and like, that I may know Thy ways,
  Know them and practise them: then shall I give
  For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.

  George Herbert

  Life, Giving, Simplicity

  George Herbert (1709). “The temple, sacred poems and private ejaculations. [With] The synagogue”, p.179

• Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.
  [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]

  George Herbert

  Action, Praise, Turns

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