Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.
Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans – those who have sealed the Deal, who aren’t beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement.
I think coaches who don’t coddle but praise players when they deserve it get the best results.
Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.
Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
I try not to let praise or criticism affect me.
All these labels and praises scare me. I am very simple, and I feel like a newcomer because I never stopped learning.
Thank God for jazz. It gave black women what film and theater gave white women: a well-lighted space where they could play with roles and styles, conduct esthetic experiments and win money and praise.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
I cannot sing Vampirella artist Patrick Berkenkotter’s praises loudly or often enough.
With the duckets that I now have safe, I think I will retire at 66 years of age, praise God, in good health.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
I’ll never praise myself, because I think there’s always improvement to be made.
We completely support Commissioner Silver’s decision today regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and praise him for his prompt investigation and action.
In many ways, ‘What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World’ is just one big thank-you note to my teachers. The book is dedicated to my fifth and sixth grade English teacher, Dr. Joseph D’Angelo, a massive force of erudition, martial artistry, culture, and love.
While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.
I got a lot of praise and attention post ‘Kai Po Che’ but I was thrown into a big ocean suddenly.
I have to give all praise to the Man above, because I never gave up on Him, and He never gave up on me.
Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are, and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.
The biggest challenge is to not be affected by praise because a lot of it is not from the heart. Being true to yourself about your strengths and weaknesses, when everyone out there has a strong opinion and wants to give advice, is another challenge.
Every time I see my brother, I just praise God for God’s grace in his life. Because if God can change Franklin from a prodigal into a man of God, he can do it for anybody.
What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
I fear only God, all praises to Him.
Film wise, I invariably look at my work and reckon I could have done it better. I’m also conscious that I’m in a profession where we get more praise than we should compared to the usefulness of what we do.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
Billie-Jean King used to take me out on court and say that she just wanted to watch my forehand. You can’t get greater praise than that.
Praise be Allah and prayers and peace upon Mohammed.
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn’t make you write worse, either.
Don’t just praise a guy’s achievements. Praise the personality traits that made them possible.
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
I’m very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!
I’d say most definitely with my faith, there’s no room for me with it. It’s always about other people. It’s always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.
Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it’s quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great.
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
I’m told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.
I question the value of stars. I think they’re overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
We are a jingoistic nation – whether it is politics or films or whatever. We can posthumously shower praises and accolades on people, but when they are alive, we don’t bother about them. A classic case is Om Puri.
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise – and to the best in benefits and medical care.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nation’s business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations.
I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won’t get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It’s the same when you get praise. You can’t get carried away with that.
It seems like when I don’t talk so much, people praise my performances more.
Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers.
History is the story of events, with praise or blame.
You don’t want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don’t want to throw it back.
An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.
Many of Bush’s defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I’m perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
Torremolinos has no Jesus Gil, no pretty little old town, and no resident celebrities to sing its praises.
Praise your child explicitly for how capable they are of learning rather than telling them how smart they are.
Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it’s time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
When ‘Midnight’s Children’ came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.
The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn’t are as much a part of golf as life itself.
I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
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.
