Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my part, however, I have always been taught to take a...

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

{Miller, who was president of American Federation of Musicians, had this to say about Robert Ingersoll at his funeral}On behalf of 15,000 professional musicians, comprising the American Federation of Musicians, permit me to extend to...

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty...

Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.

The wonderment found in the act of obedience is in the transformation power it holds. We become new creations the minute we are born again, through our spiritual rebirth. However, sanctification takes a lifetime. Believers...

I had a dream about you. A stadium full of children in glowing white robes were singing your name like little angels, and I wondered who you were to be deserving of such praise. Then...

It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them. For some people this is an almost impossible exercise, for they...

As a comedian, the more you commit the sin of stupidity, three essential things happen to your life:~people applaud you incessantly.~love you more than their parents.~give you a daily bread.

God is unchangeable changer, unadjustable adjuster, unmoveable mover, unpredictable predictor, unstoppable stopper, uninvisible visible, and wonderful wonder

Raise and Praise; it keeps the devil away!Feeling down? Start praising even if it is a sacrifice of praise. You will soon start feeling better because the devil will not stick around & praise God...

Creativity is admired only if it solves the problem.

Mtu akikutukana mwambie asante au samahani. Asante au samahani vina nguvu kuliko kuomba (asikutukane) au kutukana.

Wealth earned may disappear, beauty will fade, honor may recede and fame diminish; all that shall remain, is a soul that is humane within that would leave a trail in the thoughts of your loved...

The design of redemption is to exhibit the grace of God in such a manner as to fill all hearts with wonder and all lips with praise.

[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall][He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today, . . . to ‘destroy bigotry and uproot the evils of superstition.

I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

We praise God, not because he needs our praise (for all glory resides in and on him), but in order to see him more clearly, enlarge our soul, and relieve our spirit.

In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I was a boy on the farm a relative of ours had testified in...

The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

He is not far away; He is near at hand, with all. So praise the True One, O Nanak, with love!

most ridiculous thing they ever could have done”? Do you really believe that your child is an idiot? Because she now does. Think about that. Because you said it, she now believes it. Bravo.

Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all.

Unassuming in manner, genial and kindly in his intercourse with his fellow-men, never showing impatience or irritation, devoid of personal ambition of the baser sort or of the slightest desire to exalt himself… In the...

The great masters of modern analysis are Lagrange, Laplace, and Gauss, who were contemporaries. It is interesting to note the marked contrast in their styles. Lagrange is perfect both in form and matter, he is...

If that happens, praise the Lord, thank you Jesus, and our dream will be realized. So it’s in the Lord’s hands.

…all this time I’ve been worshiping you – when other men wanted to kiss you, I’ve been offering the praise of my lips…

I don’t know that praise is always a good thing.

Robert Ingersoll’s character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be… none sweeter or nobler had ever blessed the world. The example of his life was of...

Nobody will ever tell you who praised you but everybody would want to be the first to tell you who criticized you.

If with pleasure you are viewingAny work a man is doing;If you like him or you love him, tell him now.Don’t withhold your approbationTill the preacher makes orationAnd he lies with snowy lilies o’er his...

It will end in praise, if you are not singing praises, it hasn’t ended.

Kindness and Truth should always hold hands. Together they are powerful and fully capable of spreading insight and revelation, while also generating conviction and true repentance. However, one without the other is never as beneficial...

Only God satisfies. ONLY GOD SATISFIES. Let this truism settle down deep inside your heart. It is the unveiled truth. Feed this truth to your spirit. Force it down and command it to chase down,...

[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.

Earlier in this century someone claimed that we work at our play and play at our work. Today the confusion has deepened: we worship our work, work at our play, and play in our worship.

In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other.

God is better than the best,more intelligent than the most intelligent,more powerful than the most powerful and bigger than the biggest.

The Lord only praises the person who multiplies what has been given to him.

You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

You have to praise their sense of realism, that they’ll never get to a 25 percent share again. They have got to do this to survive.

And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth’s shore. These mountains, which have seen untold...

Inner joy enables you to choose to look beyond your pain and make your praise a sacrifice to God.

Paine was a grand fellow — high—with the most splendid sense of justice. But he was a reasoner — not warm — not letting out the natural palpitating passion… which perhaps he didn’t have. But...

There’s so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin.Even if you don’t think you have much to be grateful for right now, know...