“ Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise! ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 744
“ In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can fear reproof who merit praise. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
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“ Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 325
“ Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. ”
- Baha’u’llah- Copy
- 2.9K
“ A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: — in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid. ”
- E.M. Bounds- Copy
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“ Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing, they become fanatics about conservatism. ”
- Walter Lippmann- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of his idolatry. ”
- William B. Ullathorne- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Olympism… exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will. ”
- Pierre de Coubertin- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Wisdom is supreme; therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt your; embrace her and she will honor you. ”
- Proverbs- Copy
- 4K
“ 'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do! ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
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