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When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.
It's hard to enjoy the acclaim and savor the praise when the team isn't winning.
I'll never praise myself, because I think there's always improvement to be made.
It always feels good when you hear another guy in your industry give you praise.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Praise the beautiful for their intelligence and the intelligent for their beauty.
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.
In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.
Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.
How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!
The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves.
If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.
The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.
There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.
What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.
The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.
I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.
There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.
What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise.
Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.
President Obama deserves our unalloyed praise for hastening Osama bin Laden's demise.
Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.
False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite.