Pastoral Resources

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'

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.

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.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.