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• No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and Matt Busby comes to mind with his wonderful record crowned by the European Cup, but not even Matt would claim the kinship with the fans that Bill enjoyed. He was what football was all about. I can't praise him higher than that.

  Jock Stein

  Football, Impact, Mind

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• God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.'

  Witness Lee

  Lord, Divine, Believer

  Witness Lee (1990). “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man”, p.51, Living Stream Ministry

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• If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever.

  Watchman Nee

  Forever, Christ, Lord

  Watchman Nee (1997). “The Overcoming Life: The Basis for the Normal Christian Life”, p.163, Living Stream Ministry

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• Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch it, you berate it. Tell it that it should be completely different. You tug at your soft flesh, wish it thinner, wish it gone. You fall in love with those who praise the way it sighs under their hands, but who praises the way it holds up your weight, even when you are falling apart?

  Warsan Shire

  Falling In Love, Hands, Wish

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• Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

  Bruce Lee

  Giving, Effort, Desire

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.295, Tuttle Publishing

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• If someone writes a great story, people praise the author, not the pen. People don't say, 'Oh what an incredible pen...where can I get a pen like this so I can write great stories?' Well, I am just a pen in the hands of the Lord. He is the author. All praise should go to him.

  Keith Green

  Writing, Hands, People

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• 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.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Crush, Difficult Situations, People

  Joni Eareckson Tada (1993). “A Quiet Place in a Crazy World: Drawing Near to God Through Prayer and Praise”, Multnomah

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• I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

  Sam Raimi

  People, Criticism, Heard

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• A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.

  Emily Post

  Justice, Littles, Purses

  Emily Post (2007). “Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”, p.237, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Praise is God's sunlight in the heart. It destroys sin germs. It ripens the fruits of the Spirit. It is the oil of gladness that lubricates life's activities.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Heart, Oil, Fruits Of The Spirit

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• Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either.

  Chris Brogan

  Criticism, Accepting, Treats

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• There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life, and that desire is praise worthy.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Money, Desire, Riches

  Wallace D. Wattles, General Press (2016). “The Science of Getting Rich”, p.6, GENERAL PRESS

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• What you praise you increase.

  Catherine Ponder

  Motivation, Increase

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• Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Sunshine, People, Rays

  Rhonda Byrne (2013). “The Secret Daily Teachings”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, in wonder, love and praise.

  Joseph Addison

  Mercy Of God, Wonder Love, Views

  Joseph Addison (1868). “The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works”, p.200

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

  M. R. DeHaan

  Lord, Ifs

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• Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Taken, Complaining, Granted

  Gretchen Rubin (2016). “The Best of the Happiness Project Blog: Ten Years of Happiness, Good Habits, and More”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you have to be a great motivator, you have to be very good at praising and looking for the best in people. People are no different from flowers. If you water flowers, they flourish. If you praise people, they flourish. That's a critical attribute of a leader.

  Richard Branson

  Flower, People, Water

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• Praise must be learned in private before it is exhibited in public.

  Myles Munroe

  Myles Munroe (2010). “The Purpose and Power of Praise and Worship (Large Print 16pt)”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Shame

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.420, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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

  Jack Welch

  Risk, Example, Want

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• Whatever you don't turn into PRAISE turns into PRIDE.

  Mark Batterson

  Pride, Turns

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2014

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• When we bless God for mercies, we usually prolong them. When we bless God for miseries, we usually end them. Praise is the honey of life which a devout heart extracts from every bloom of providence and grace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Grace, Honey

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• The masculine grows by challenge, but the feminine grows by praise. A man must be unabashed and expressed in his appreciation for his woman. Praise her freely.

  David Deida

  Appreciation, Men, Challenges

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  George Herbert

  Writing, Two, Raises

  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

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