#praise

…praise does not make anything better or worse. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#philosophy-of-life #philosophy-of-people #praise #life

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#always #become #books #captains #classics

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#cannot #god #i #praised #time

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

I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns. ↗

— Janine Turner

#hike #horses #i #i love #juliette

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#husband #little #pitied #praised #really

God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance. ↗

— Patrick Gordon

#good #gracious #grant #his #i

I praise loudly. I blame softly. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#i #loudly #praise #softly