Praise Quotes - Page 37

• Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise

  Akhenaton

  Character, Life Is, Profit

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• Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Heart

  William Law (2001). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, adapted to the State and Condition of all Orders of Christians, Volume 4”, p.139, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.

  William Law

  Perfection, Thankfulness, Way

  William Law (1816). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians by the Late ... ; to which is Added a Biographical Sketch of the Author”, p.234

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• O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.

  Lord Byron

  Eye, Dear Ones, Phrases

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.

  Edward Young

  Prayer, Heaven, Path

  John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”, p.179

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• Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Giving, Grace, Sovereign

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1840). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.”, p.854

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• We increase whatever we praise.

  Charles Fillmore

  Increase

  Charles Fillmore (1967). “Dynamics for Living: A Topical Compilation of Essential Fillmore Teachings”, p.142, BookBaby

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• Four things will shame the students of knowledge: Criticizing people, praising themselves, not teaching the knowledge,and not practicing what they know.

  Luqman

  Teaching, People, Four

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• You can't praise what you don't prize.

  John Piper

  Prize

  John Piper (2012). “Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God”, p.1, Multnomah

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• About three in the morning as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy, and many fell to the ground. As soon as we recovered a little from the awe and amazement at the presence of His Majesty, we broke out with one voice, 'We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.'

  John Wesley

  Morning, Prayer, Voice

  John Wesley (1827). “The Works...”, p.117

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• They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.

  Bob Marley

  Stars, Recognition, Poor

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• Envy is a kind of praise.

  John Gay

  Envy, Kind

  John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76

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• The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.

  John Burns

  Lying, War, Men

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• In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).

  John Piper

  Praise God, Pleasure, Completion

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• God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people.

  John Piper

  Heart, Names, People

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.48, Multnomah

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• I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with my son, I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

  Salman Khan

  Struggle, Son, Brain

  "The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart" by Salman Khan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2014.

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• There is an invisible thought-stuff on which the mind acts, making things through the operation of a law not yet fully understood by man. Every thought moves upon this invisible substance in increasing or diminishing degree. When we praise the richness and fullness of God, this thought-stuff is tremendously increased in our mental atmosphere. It reflects into everything that our mind and our hands touch.

  Charles Fillmore

  Moving, Men, Hands

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• Deny that lack has any place or reality in your
  thought or your affairs and affirm plenty as the only
  appearance. Praise what you have, be it ever so little,
  and insist that it is constantly growing larger.

  Charles Fillmore

  Reality, Growing, Littles

  Charles Fillmore (2013). “Prosperity: Spiritual Secrets to an Abundant Life”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites.

  John Piper

  Hypocrite, Names, Trying

  John Piper (2011). “Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist”, p.23, Multnomah

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• Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.

  Voltaire

  Stills, Antiquity

  Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.2829, Delphi Classics

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• Conscience, the sense of right, the power of perceiving moral distinctions, the power of discerning between justice and injustice, excellence and baseness, is the highest faculty given us by God, the whole foundation of our responsibility, and our sole capacity for religion. ...God, in giving us conscience, has implanted a principle within us which forbids us to prostrate ourselves before mere power, or to offer praise where we do not discover worth.

  William Ellery Channing

  Responsibility, Giving, Justice

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• Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

  Richard Steele

  Enemy, Commendation

  Richard Steele (1710). “The Tatler Or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq”, p.74

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• I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

  Richard Steele

  Giving, Offensive, Closing

  Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1710). “The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq”, p.302

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• It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

  Matthew Hale

  Tongue, Reputation, Sinking

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• My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.

  Francis Bacon

  Knowledge, Men, Mind

  Francis Bacon (1824). “The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England”, p.123

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