Quotes about Praise

Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls … yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17—18

Praising God and trusting Him should not, therefore, fluctuate with our situation. Conditions may change, but God remains steadfast. He may not remove your problems, but He will keep His hand on you. So choose to rejoice. After all, God is ever faithful.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

I am Loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing!

By worshiping God wholeheartedly with our lips and lives, we get to do the greatest thing in the greatest way for the greatest One.

A.C.T.S.—Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

Happiness is a thing which calls for honor rather than for praise.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.

Sitting there in the Alabama winter with my mouth full of cold turnip and mud, I could see at least for a moment how if you ever took truly to heart the ultimate goodness and joy of things, even at their bleakest, the need to praise someone or something for it would be so great that you might even have to go out and speak of it to the birds of the air.

To value only what can be sold is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the self sacrificing service of a daughter--none of these have an earthly market. To reduce everything to the dirty scales of economic values is to forget that some gifts, like Mary's, are so precious that the heart that offers them will be praised as long as time endures.