that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures.

For the first rate poet, nothing short of a Queen or a Chimera is adequate for the powers of his praise.

It's always nice to be praised, and insofar as a prize is a form of praise, you're glad when you get it.

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

The highest praise is when a kid says, 'This book feels so real; this could have happened at my school.'

It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise.

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

If someone praises you with what you are not, they are in essence criticizing you of a deficiency in you.

Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence.

Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise.

I love Jay-Z, I love Kanye, and I praise the way he's been able to bring more business out of the jungle.

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.

The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.

If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

With the duckets that I now have safe, I think I will retire at 66 years of age, praise God, in good health.

All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?

I seriously don't take praise to my heart or to my head. I only want to work harder and never get complacent.

Be sure that someday you'll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them.

I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

O Yes, I must sing, and so must you sing also. For all music is singing, and in music there is praise of life.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

You can only be the great artist for so long - come out with effort after effort that garners all this praise.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

Praise your child explicitly for how capable they are of learning rather than telling them how smart they are.

I can't think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, 'This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.'

Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens.

Anyone can criticize or accept praise, but initiating a positive exchange is a hallmark of a difference maker.

There is no praise we have not lavished upon prudence; and yet she cannot assure to us the most trifling event.

All I can say is I've been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, 'You're very good.'

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

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