Quotes about Praise

The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you're not afraid of the dark.

As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations tob e induced to rise, but immediately shines and is saluted by all, so do you also not wait for clappings of hands and shouts of praise tob e induced to do good, but be a doer of good voluntarily and you will be beloved as much as the sun.

For if we had any sense, what else should we do, both in public and in private, than sing hymns and praise the deity, and recount all the favours that he has conferred!

And what else can I do, lame old man that I am, than sing the praise of God? If I were a nightingale, I would perform the work of a nightingale, and if I were a swan, that of a swan. But as it is, I am a rational being, and I must sing the praise of God. This is my work, and I accomplish it, and I will never abandon my post for as long as it is granted to me to remain in it; and I invite all of you to join me in this same song.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself. For it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades.

And then we'll be emulating Socrates,* once we're able to write hymns of praise in prison.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.