#praise

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#openly #praise #reprove #secret #them

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly. ↗

— Catherine II

#i #like #loudly #praise #quietly

If our countries had war the one with the other, that was no cause that he should put us to death; with which they were out of heart that their cruel pretense failed them. For which God be forever-more praised. ↗

— William Adams

#countries #cruel #death #failed #god

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. ↗

— John Ciardi

#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough

Praise the sea, on shore remain. ↗

— John Florio

#remain #sea #shore

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#condemns #even #his #information #own

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#being #deny #generate #hoping #lose

Praise is declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place God has given you. Praise is a proclamation that the enemy's intent to plunder you will not rock you. Praise declares that you will not be moved by the enemy's attempt to snatch you away. ↗

— Darlene Zschech

#inspirational #jesus #praise #faith

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#praise #men