Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.
Shout praise and whisper criticism.
I had much more fun criticizing than praising.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God.
Although he reputedly hated the label of 'guru', Peter Drucker was, by any standards, the greatest management guru the world has yet seen. In 1996, the McKinsey Quarterly journal described him as the 'the one guru to whom other gurus kowtow' and Robert Heller described him as 'the greatest man in the history of management', praise indeed for a man who described himself as 'just an old journalist'.
The vendors of flowers in the streets of London are wont to commend them to customers by crying: "All a blowing and a growing. " It would be no small praise to Christians if we could say as much for them.
Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.
I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.
It's not that we should declare the praises of God. It's that we may.
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.
We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.
Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward. I think the threat of an industry like this is that you can become sort of self-obsessed. There's so much praise being given to you - there's a real threat of exalting the ego.
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.
If a journalist shows a facility for praise he's liable to be offered a job in public relations or advertising and the next thing you know he's got a big office, a huge salary and is living in a fine home with a lovely wife and swell kids - another career blown to hell.
The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.
People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
A child is fed with milk and praise.