1.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
Al-Ghazali
Do not be swayed by the accolades of others, nor be dispirited by their censure.
2.
Be sure that someday you'll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them.
Shams Tabrizi
Be certain that one day you will give thanks to the Lord for your unrequited supplications that you once sobbed over.
3.
Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Always be grateful for our roots and revere the paths that brought us here.
4.
Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to
the one who praises you. Learn from them and do
something about it.
Paul Kagame
Pay attention to criticism and act on it rather than simply accepting compliments.
5.
When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
Teresa of Avila
6.
I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good.
Randy Savage
7.
If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Amy Carmichael
8.
We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in vice from the flattery of his senators.
Louis XVI of France
We must differentiate between adulation and commendation; they are disparate. Trajan was motivated to righteousness by Pliny's laudatory speech; Tiberius became entrenched in wickedness from the sycophancy of his legislators.
9.
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
If Christ dwells within us, we will be full of jubilation for all things and offer our adoration to God. We will cry out 'Hosanna! Rejoice in the Lord' eternally.
10.
Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.
Anselm of Canterbury
11.
I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
John Knox
12.
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
Charles Fillmore
13.
Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
Carol S. Dweck
14.
Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
Kabir
15.
The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?
Cato the Elder
16.
Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society.
David Hume
18.
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.
John Ruskin
19.
You've been complaining, you've been depressed, you've been despondent. But take off those garments of heaviness and put back on your garments of praise. I didn't come when you thought I was going to come, but I'm going to be right on time.
Paula White
21.
The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
Khalil Gibran
22.
Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.
Mark the Evangelist
23.
Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.
Joyce Meyer
24.
To be himself, one neeeds to be free from the pressure of evaluative praise
Haim Ginott
25.
We say of the oak, How grand of girth! Of the willow we say, How slender! And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render.
Edgar Fawcett
26.
Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.
Harlan Ellison
27.
I've learnt that you shouldn't take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.
Ranveer Singh
28.
Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.
Henry Jacobsen
29.
Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes.
Isocrates
30.
When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise.
Jim Bakker
31.
Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way.
Meera
32.
Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.
Virginia Woolf
33.
I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.
Sam Raimi
34.
Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.
Richard Rohr
35.
It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech.
Dan S Kennedy
38.
I was one thing at one time, and I'm something new. I'm a new creature now. Don't judge Alice by what he used to be. Praise God for what I am now.
Alice Cooper
39.
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
Moliere
40.
It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
Marilyn Monroe
41.
Passion produced out of prayer and praise pushes you to extremes.
Carl Lentz
42.
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.
Richard Branson
43.
God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.'
Witness Lee
44.
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise.
Bill Walsh
46.
True Music, like all true Art, is an experience to be shared, not judged, for praise cannot make it better, as blame cannot make it worse
Pat Martino
47.
You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
Francis of Assisi
48.
When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.
Sigmund Freud
49.
Don’t get high off praises, and don’t get too low on critiques.
Janelle Monae
50.
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.
Rumi