#praise

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

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

— Maria Mitchell

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

— Miguel de Cervantes

#discipline #one thing #praise #submit #thing

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

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To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat. ↗

— George Crabbe

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The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can. ↗

— Russell Crowe

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An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

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But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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