Praise Quotes

You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mothers's womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew; my bones were not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth. Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be. -Psalm 139: 13-16 - Bible

You ever been on the other end of a robber's revolver? Not me, call me Lucky Nas Castellana or been shot in the medulla oblongata and survived? And praise God with a bullet I never collided. - Nas

You don't hear the complaints about . . . the red tape, the bureaucracy and the inefficiency in the nonprofit sector, particularly the faith-based sector, the churches, who were out there on the front line meeting needs literally the day after the devastation occurred. That's something we not only need to praise and be thankful for but to encourage and to support financially on behalf of the government. - Rick Santorum

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand. - Leonardo Da Vinci

You could say I have quite a nice-guy image as an actor and I wanted to do something new, something that might break that mold a bit. I saw how Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck were suddenly praised because they made films. I don't think you get respect as an actor in this town unless you're Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. But you get respect as a filmmaker. - Bill Paxton

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. - Lucinda Williams

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. - John Wooden

You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise. - Dennis Ruane