Well Deserved Praise Quotes

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Who would ever care to do brave deed,
Or strive in virtue others to excel,
If none should yield him his deserved meed
Due praise, that is the spur of doing well?
For if good were not praised more than ill,
None would choose goodness of his own free will. ~ Edmund Spenser

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

Elisabeth, again, while she praises her, is so far from hiding the Divine glory, that she ascribes everything to God. And yet, though she acknowledges the superiority of Mary to herself and to others, she does not envy her the higher distinction, but modestly declares that she had obtained more than she deserved. ~ John Calvin

Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness; Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings; Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute; Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin. Let every living, breathing creature praise GOD! ~ Eugene H. Peterson

if I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved. I deserved punishment and got forgiveness. I deserved wrath and got love. I deserved debtor's prison and got instead a clean credit history. I deserved stern lectures and crawl-on-your-knees repentance; I got a banquet - Babette's feast - spread for me. ~ Philip Yancey

Praise Allah, for by praise His blessings multiply. ~ Umar

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible ~ C.S. Lewis

People blush at praise
not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs. ~ C.S. Lewis

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them. ~ Bernard Baruch

Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd. ~ Phineas Fletcher

Praise God we don't have to hide scars ~ Jonny Diaz

O write and to live are very different. Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it. ~ Samuel Johnson

I deserved kisses. I deserved to be treated like a piece of meat but also respected for my intellect. ~ Lena Dunham

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise. ~ Dale Carnegie

I will praise any man that will praise me. ~ William Shakespeare

Self praise is no praise at all. ~ Lord Byron

Some people you couldn't help but love. You loved them without reservation or fear. You loved them hard and fierce, because they deserved it. They deserved to be loved just as much as you deserved for them to return it. ~ S.L. Jennings

You deserve to be happy, he said. And meant it. She deserved the joy he so often glimpsed on her face when Rowan was near - deserved the wicked laughter she shared with Aedion, the comfort and teasing with Lysandra. She deserved happiness, perhaps more than anyone. ~ Sarah J. Maas

Everyone deserved at least one friend they could trust with their secrets and fears. With their guilt, with their happiness. Everyone deserved a person who could look into their eyes and say, "You're enough. You're perfect, scars and all." I thought Tristan deserved that more than most, though. ~ Brittainy C. Cherry

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad. ~ Charles Fillmore

Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise. ~ Karl Barth

Praise, Praise, Praise a child for the good they commit and the wrongs they rectify. ~ Asa Don Brown

The world will praise you one moment and defame you the next. So why should we care for praise or defamation? ~ Dada Bhagwan

Our praise builds up equity in Heaven ~ Pastor Rod W. Larkins

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins. ~ St. Jerome

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise. ~ Marcus Aurelius

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement. ~ Ezra Taft Benson

Long live the Halflings! Praise them with great praise! ~ Anonymous

Those who praise themselves do not prevail. ~ Laozi

I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved. ~ John Malkovich

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise. ~ Augustine Of Hippo

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. ~ Phaedrus

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. ~ Studs Terkel

To praise is to praise how one surrenders to the emptiness. ~ Rumi

Never allow impatience to rob you of what you truly deserved. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others. ~ Arnold Bennett

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly. ~ Catherine The Great

There were a lot of people who deserved a lesson, deserved to really understand, that nothing came easy, that most things were going to go sour. ~ Gillian Flynn

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. ~ W. Somerset Maugham

False praise is worse than no praise. ~ Felix Dennis

I don't want to praise myself. Rather, I want to praise the thing that saves me from myself. Hence there is God. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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

There's no doubt that I've deserved my enemies, but I don't think I've deserved my friends. ~ Walt Whitman

What we admire we praise; and when we praise,
Advance it into notice, that its worth
Acknowledged, others may admire it too. ~ William Cowper

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ~ Roger Ascham

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

He wants worth who dares not praise a foe. ~ John Dryden

Though strength be wanting, the will to action
Merits praise. ~ Ovid

Praise adds nothing to beauty
makes it neither better nor worse. ~ Marcus Aurelius

I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me. ~ Joan Rivers

And if I please you so, my lover,
Remember praise is comely. ~ Countee Cullen

The best kind of praise is intelligent praise. ~ Rachel Heffington

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him. ~ Umar

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe. ~ Jean Rostand

She will outstrip all praise and make it halt behind her. ~ William Shakespeare

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise. ~ Moliere

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public. ~ Solon

Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing. ~ Henry Jacobsen

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise. ~ Giacomo Leopardi

ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER. ~ Nellie Bly

Life's a bank that gives back to you what you put in it,but with interest ~ Azeh Praise

The truth was I knew, after all those flat January days, that I deserved better. I deserved I love yous and kiwi fruits and warriors coming to my door, besotted with love. I deserved pictures of my face in a thousand expressions, and the warmth of a baby's kick beneath my hand. I deserved to grow, and to change, to become all the girls I could be over the course of my life, each one better than the last. ~ Sarah Dessen

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them, ~ Napoleon Hill

Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone. ~ John Ruskin

The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example? ~ Charles Spurgeon

Accidents and sicknesses are accepted as deserved retribution by the person who has feelings of guilt ~ Sunday Adelaja

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me. ~ Billy Joel

Praise and disgrace cause fear. ~ Laozi

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

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever. ~ Watchman Nee

God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant. ~ Sophie Swetchine

Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise. ~ Dean Smith

Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly. ~ John C. Maxwell

Premature Praise [10w]
It's too early to give praise
if they still breathe. ~ Beryl Dov

There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise. ~ Kate Langley Bosher

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them. ~ Ken Blanchard

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise. ~ Max Beerbohm

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man. ~ Owen Feltham

A bard whom there were none to praise,
And very few to read. ~ Hartley Coleridge

I've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

Praise someone today and you'll unleash their potential forever. ~ Farshad Asl

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations. ~ Richard Steele

God, despite my circumstances, I will find reasons to praise You. ~ Lysa TerKeurst

It will end in praise, if you are not singing praises, it hasn't ended. ~ Flo Falayi

There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket. ~ Moliere

Praise must be learned in private before it is exhibited in public. ~ Myles Munroe

I don't know that praise is always a good thing. ~ Paul Dano

Encouragement and praISE SHOULD BE ENDLESS. fAUTH BRINGS THEM TOGETHER. ~ Terry Alex

God smiles when we praise and thank Him continually. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy. ~ William Law

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds. ~ Benjamin Franklin

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable. ~ Selma Lagerlof

Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed. ~ Hanif Kureishi

Praise and worship is not about how talented you are or what a wonderful and beautiful voice you have. It's all about denying yourself, let God to be God in your life and praise Him with all your heart and soul. ~ Euginia Herlihy

Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step. ~ LeBron James

We all are imbued with the love of praise. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise. ~ Pierre Beaumarchais

Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise. ~ Philip Sidney

In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him). ~ John Piper