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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• Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Criticism, Purpose, Flattery

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and ears”, p.383

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• The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Crush, Appreciation, Criticism

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• How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Men, Unjust, Littles

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• When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  New Day, Looks, Lost

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3883, Delphi Classics

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• If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.

  Dorothy Nolte

  Life, Children, Learning

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• We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.

  Henry Allen Ironside

  Motivational, Thanksgiving, Kids

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• Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

  Edmund Burke

  Motivational, Running, Cheer

  Edmund Burke, James BURKE (Barrister-at-Law.) (1854). “The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, with Memoir and Historical Introductions. By James Burke”, p.134

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• A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Lying, Way, Facts

  "Of Books". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

  Plutarch

  Men, Differences, Bravery

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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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• The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events.

  Georges Lefebvre

  History, Heroism, Events

  Georges Lefebvre (2011). “Napoleon”, p.12, Taylor & Francis

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• To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.

  Rumi

  Appreciation, Eye, Sun

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.146, Penguin UK

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• Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.

  George Burton Adams

  Encouragement, Appreciation, Opportunity

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• Worship leaders, let's choose to praise rather than perform when leading.

  Tim Hughes

  Leader, Worship

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• Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary. Yet we are taught to admire the second-hander who dispenses gifts he has not produced above the man who made the gifts possible. We praise an act of charity. We shrug at an act of achievement.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Liberty, Needs

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.74, Penguin

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• I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Believe

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Art of War and the Prince”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Men, Might

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• Hearing improves with PRAISE!

  Mark Gottfried

  Basketball, Coaching, Hearing

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• Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?

  Jim Harrick

  Basketball, Hate, Love You

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• Shout praise and whisper criticism.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Criticism

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