#praise

What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest? ↗

— Janet Fitch

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The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#praise #the-purpose-of-life #life

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#expresses #formula #god #hymn #law

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. ↗

— Mark Twain

#classic #people #praise #read #which

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#blame #freeze #heart #much #out

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#discipline #one thing #praise #submit #thing

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal. ↗

— Robert Collier

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Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#buried #dead #fame #flowers #future

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#got #hangman #having #like #neck