Praise Quotes - Page 34

• We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

  John Calvin

  Ministry, May, Speak

  John Calvin (2012). “John Calvin's Commentaries On St. Paul's First Epistle To The Corinthians Vol.1 (Annotated Edition)”, p.253, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.

  Noel Coward

  Long, Criticism, Unqualified

  Noel Coward (197?). “A Noël Coward gala: his words and music, volume two”

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• Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Self Harm, Ears, Way

  Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Plain Tales from the Hills”, p.40, Rudyard Kipling

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• There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean "the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneously moved but moved, by a low usurping wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face, with the most disagreeable sensation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mean, Doe, Answers

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.246, Рипол Классик

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• Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  People, Slander, Ill

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• We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Self, Interest, Self Interest

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• We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not exposeany other way.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Criticism, Way, Use

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• That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Envy, Merit

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• Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Criticism, Sometimes, Slander

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• Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Giving, May, Rewards

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• The envier praises me unknowingly.

  Khalil Gibran

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• In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is affected becomes consequently worse; but in like case, a man becomes both
  better... and more worthy of praise, by making the right use of these accidents.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Use, May

  Marcus Aurelius Antonius (2016). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”, p.90, Jester House Publishing via PublishDrive

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• Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

  Thucydides

  People, Justice, Attention

  Thucydides (1970). “Athens at war”, Putnam Aeronautical Books

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• Self-immolation as a way to protest against the injustices or as a way to fight for freedom cannot be accepted! All the fights must be done in the dimension of existence! Your body is your road to everywhere; if you destroy it, you lose all the roads! Stay firm and fight alive; no cause is more valuable than a man's life! Keep your body out of the fire! Don't ever praise the self-immolations; condemn them! Suicide is a defeat! Power is to fight, to fight peacefully, and not to die in agony!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Suicide, Freedom

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• Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Fool, Firsts

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• If somebody praises you; change the topic!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Change, Topics, Ifs

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• Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the
  world. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.

  E. A. Bucchianeri

  Suffering, World, Satan

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• Furthermore, consider that as one of its most important purposes, stewardship of creation should sustain nature's worshiping capacity. The more I reflect on Scriptures and the more I sense how God thrills to the adoration He receives from all that He has created, the more I realize He has given us the awesome responsibility of caring for His creation so that it can go on praising Him until the end of time.

  Tony Campolo

  Responsibility, Caring, Important

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• I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing as man. More especially, since it is impossible for me to have any positive, clear idea of that which is infinite and incomprehensible, I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  God, Religious, Father

  Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• That a god like Jehovah should have created this world of misery and woe, out of pure caprice, and because he enjoyed doing it, and should then have clapped his hands in praise of his own work, and declared everything to be very good-that will not do at all!

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  God, Religious, Hands

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.8, 谷月社

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• It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

  Demosthenes

  Men, Abuse, Pleasure

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• If you covet fame, if you covet all the superficial accolades, you're gonna be miserable 'cause you're never going to get enough praise. If you covet contributing something substantive to movies, music, literature, then you won't be unhappy.

  Ethan Hawke

  Unhappy, Causes, Literature

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 12, 2012.

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• I definitely think we need to lean more on God. And I do think we need to praise, because we need to give it outward. You know, whenever you think you're in tough circumstances, there's always somebody who's in a worse position than you.

  Queen Latifah

  Thinking, Giving, Needs

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• You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.

  Guillermo del Toro

  People, Giving, World

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Do not be despondent when fighting against the incorporeal enemy, but even in the midst of your afflictions and oppression praise the Lord, Who has found you worthy to suffer for Him, by struggling against the subtlety of the serpent, and to be wounded for Him at every hour; for had you not lived piously, and endeavored to become united to God, the enemy would not have attacked and tormented you.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Struggle, Fighting

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