I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.
Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.
I had much more fun criticizing than praising.
We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.
The gravest events dawn with no more noise than the morning star makes in rising. All great developments complete themselves in the world and modestly wait in silence, praising themselves never, and announcing themselves not at all. We must be sensitive, and sensible, if we would see the beginnings and endings of great things. That is our part.
I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
Feeling loved by God means feeling glad not only that He crushed His Son so that I can be forgiven, but that He's crushing everything that takes away from my praising of the glory of His grace.
Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear
Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.
It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.
As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain.
The creator, if he should love his creature, would be loving only a part of himself; but the creature, praising the creator, praises an infinity beyond himself.
The enjoyment that all morality has given us to now and that it continues to give us--and so, what has kept it going up to now--lies in everyone's right, without lengthy investigation, to praise and blame. And who could endure life without praising and blaming!
