A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly.
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
Usually we praise only to be praised.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
Academic scientists aren't generally interested in books for the public. So when one comes out, the authors can't expect much praise from scientists. My goal both as a singer and an instructor is to educate through provocation and entertainment.
What's so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they're being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the blues.
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.
Instead of more talk about salmon and high-speed rails, more criticism of the Supreme Court or more praise for the Soviet's Sputnik mission - President Obama should use his State of the Union Address to tell the American people the truth about the fundamental financial challenges our country faces.
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever.