Welcome to our collection of Praising Quotes, where words of admiration and commendation are celebrated in their purest form. Praising others not only uplifts their spirits but also spreads positivity and fosters stronger connections. Whether it’s acknowledging someone’s achievements, character, or simply expressing gratitude, praising quotes encapsulate the beauty of expressing admiration for others.
In a world where criticism often takes center stage, praising quotes serve as beacons of light, reminding us of the power of encouragement and appreciation. They inspire us to look beyond flaws and imperfections, focusing instead on the strengths and virtues that make each individual unique. From celebrated authors and philosophers to modern-day influencers, the wisdom conveyed through these quotes resonates across generations, reinforcing the timeless importance of recognizing and celebrating the greatness in others.
Below, you’ll find a curated selection of praising quotes that you can draw inspiration from, whether you’re looking to add a touch of encouragement to a project, send a heartfelt message to a loved one, or simply brighten someone’s day. Let these quotes serve as reminders of the transformative power of praise, and feel free to use them as you see fit – whether it’s copying them, placing them on an image, or enhancing them with stylish fonts. Let’s spread the joy of appreciation, one quote at a time.
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart. Karl Barth
Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military. H. W. Brands
Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. Michael Gove
I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do. Rosalind Wiseman
We rent one in three tuxedos in the U.S. and Canada, and if we make a mistake, our employees will deliver to the customer’s home, office, or wedding. We get a couple hundred letters a week praising the service in our stores. George Zimmer
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach. William Inge
Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas. Phil Donahue
A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man’s pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. Russell Baker
You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can’t help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written. Rani Mukerji
I tend to bristle at people praising alt comics as some kind of perfect comics paradigm, because there’s quite a lot of misogyny in its history as well. Like, in my first comics class, every single great comic creator we studied was male. Noelle Stevenson
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart. Karl Barth
I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised. Dean Smith
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good – say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said ‘Never have so many owed so much to so few,’ – that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not. Tim O’Reilly
Today they’re praising you sky high, place you on a pedestal and tomorrow they don’t want to know you. Mark McGrath
When someone is constantly praising you, beyond a point, you don’t know what to say beyond a ‘thank you.’ Pratik Gandhi
Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball! Ernie Harwell
I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God. Ellen G. White
The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. Samuel Butler
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. George Orwell
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn’t help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation. John Stossel
Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Britain are rather too fond of praising the relative ‘classlessness’ of American society and of urging their own people to emulate it. There is a certain falseness about such arguments, and also a certain hypocrisy. Linda Colley
Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest form – praising ethanol subsidies amid the corn fields of Iowa. John Sununu
I acknowledge my feeling and gratitude for life by praising the world and whoever made all these things. Mary Oliver
Virtually every one of the most far-right neocon Bush officials – including Dick Cheney himself – has spent years now praising Obama for continuing their terrorism policies which Obama the Senator and Presidential Candidate once so harshly denounced. Glenn Greenwald
I think that’s a struggle of every Christian, to be able to get to that point where they’re in constant prayer with God – so that everything they do, in thought, in speech, in work, is praising God and worshipping God. Troy Polamalu
Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever. George Orwell
I don’t feel God can truly bless America again until we start praising him in our schools. Anita Bryant
To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work… coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Anyone leaving the Congress’ camp and joining – or even indirectly praising – the BJP-led NDA coalition immediately stands the risk of losing this Congress-issued certificate of secularism. It is a travesty! Piyush Goyal
If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down. David Lammy
We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions. Robert Teeter
I just happen to know how to hit a baseball and throw a baseball. But I probably couldn’t go into somebody else’s job and be as good as they are but no one’s praising them about it. Anthony Rendon
The John McCain tactic of praising Obama as a great American and great senator ‘with whom I disagree’ is a loser. You’ve got to call him out as what he is – a fraud and a disaster. Roger Stone
Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science! Steve Wozniak
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we’re much more interested in being critical rather than praising something. Ellie Goulding
It’s about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen. It’s not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them… ‘Black Messiah’ is not one man. It’s a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader. D’Angelo
Half the time, people will be abusing me on Twitter, and half the time, somebody will be praising me. So either it will go to my head, or I will take it to my heart. So better I stay away from it. Ranbir Kapoor
A woman should be seen by the luminosity of her grace and not heard shooting her mouth away about praising herself which is so not lady-like. Rekha
From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference. Halldor Laxness
I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I’d never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days. Alex Spanos
The thing about praising beauty is that good looks are an unforgiving task- master, a Forth Bridge of a maintenance job. The passing years present their accounts. Younger models become available. Laurie Graham
How can Bono, having graced concert stages for over two decades, draped in the white flag of peace and screaming ‘No More War’ at the top of his lungs contemplate praising and back slapping Tony Blair? Jim Kerr
It is very satisfying to see people praising you and your character, and the journey of the character moved them. It gives you a lot of confidence as an actor. Wamiqa Gabbi
It’s disgusting that a Broadway show can’t try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it. Victor Garber
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation… they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place. Eric Jerome Dickey
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long. Jerome Hines
Those who want to ‘drain the swamp,’ should be praising Mueller for enforcing FARA violations and, in return, prompting more lobbyists to register as foreign agents when required. Katie Pavlich
A French Republican is a Republican who beats up on conservatives and is constantly praising the Democrats and contributing to the massive spending in this country while they go home and pretend otherwise. Mark Levin
I like the monastic life… in the prayer and the praising… this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is very important for my ministry outside the monastery. Pope Theodoros II
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. Will Durant
Don’t ask me how it feels to be a superstar’s wife. It doesn’t feel anything different. I can’t keep on praising him all the time. That would be so boring. Gauri Khan
You get to a certain point where you feel comfortable. You’ve got everybody praising you for what you do where you come from, sometimes you let down your guard. DeSean Jackson
The cost of praising someone is nil – but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge. Harvey Mackay
By singing the Guru’s hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord’s glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord. Guru Nanak
DuBois – my intellectual hero – had written an obit of Madam, praising her… I began to see Madam Walker beyond the definitions others had given her. A’Lelia Bundles
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. Billy Sunday
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. Sydney Smith
In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar. Cleopatra
